Matheus Nunes has branded one current Wolves star ‘a skilful player’, after he selected a best Portuguese and Brazilian XI.
The midfielder sat down to film a video with Manchester City for their official YouTube channel, where he had to select an ultimate XI built up of Premier League players – both past and present – hailing from Portugal and Brazil.
As some Wolves fans will already know, Nunes was actually born in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, but moved to Lisbon in Portugal at the age of 12 with his mother and English stepfather.
Nunes spent one season at Wolves, before completing a £53 million move to City last summer. The midfielder has struggled to break into the starting XI at the Etihad, making mostly substitute appearances in his first term.
Despite a bit of a messy end at Wolves, Nunes still has fond memories of being at Molineux, and the quality of some of the players there is not lost on him, as he included one star in his best Portuguese and Brazilian XI…
Matheus Nunes picks ‘skilful’ Wolves ace Nelson Semedo in his best Portuguese and Brazilian XI
For this exercise, Nunes was rather spoiled for choice.
Portugal and Brazil have produced some of the best footballers ever to play the game, and he has played with some of those individuals.
Nunes may have only spent one season at Molineux, but there is one player who seemingly left a big impression on him during his time at the club. And that was Nelson Semedo.
Initially, Nunes selected Joao Cancelo as his right-back. But he then switched him over to the left, and chose Semedo to play on the right.
He then said (via Man City YouTube channel): “I’m going to put Nelson Semedo (on the right). Skilful player, very good with both feet as well. He knows, he knows, I don’t need to say. He knows.”
A big compliment
Nunes is still public enemy number one with a lot of Wolves fans for the way he left the club. Him going on strike was behaviour that many people just didn’t feel was necessary.
But Nunes still has a good relationship with the players back at Wolves, and he clearly admires those he used to play with.
Him choosing Semedo in his ultimate Portuguese and Brazilian Premier League XI is a fairly big compliment considering some of the players who have graced the league.
But we have seen Semedo show a very high level this season at Molineux, especially in the first two-thirds of the campaign. He himself believes he’s had his best season since joining Wolves in the summer of 2020.
The £80,000-a-week ace is now arguably one of the top right-sided defenders in the division, and the star has changed the perception of himself for a lot of people.