Not long before this interview, he made a visit to the office of sporting director Matt Hobbs and informed him that he would not push for a move in January.
Arsenal have been long-term admirers of the Portuguese forward, but Neto wants to put a stop to the noise.
new to football?
Not at all, been a wolves fan for 18 years and can’t think of a time a player signed an extension when he wanted to push for a move.
You could argue the whole Nunes situation but there’s differences - Neto’s already at the club and to sign an extension then make this statement seems he’s committed to the club. He’s passionate in his performances and it would be very damaging to a player to sign an extension then push for a move 6 months or a year later. Nunes never looked like he wanted to play for us and seemed to just want to move onto the next big thing when the opportunity arose
Let me remind you of this. So it’s a once bitten twice shy thing for me.
I understand your thought process and optimism, but I have seen enough examples of footballers being the most 2-face cunts on the planet to not take a word they say seriously.