Wolves facing Premier League competition in fight for Spanish signing
Wolves are facing competition from fellow Premier League clubs in the race to sign Juanlu Sanchez, the Express & Star understands.
The club are keen to sign the 21-year-old Spaniard from Sevilla but looked destined to miss out to Italian side Napoli.
However, that move has stalled and Wolves have continued to push for Sanchez in recent days.
Their battle to sign Sanchez is expected to continue, too, as fellow Premier League clubs have entered the race for him.
Everton have been credited with an interest and Wolves are fighting to sign him as their new right-wing-back.
However, after losing out on Marc Pubill in that position, Wolves also have a number of other targets to replace Nelson Semedo if a move for Sanchez does not materialise.
Sanchez came through the academy at his home town club Sevilla and made his debut in December 2021.
Last season he made 35 appearances in all competitions - 32 in La Liga - and recorded five goals and five assists overall.
That was a significant improvement on the season before where he managed one goal and three assists.
He has played 74 senior games for Sevilla but is now set to depart this summer, despite signing a contract extension in April this year, taking his deal until 2029.
Wolves remain in the battle to sign him, with hope Sanchez's future will become clearer in the coming days.
The club are also still chasing another left-sided centre-back, midfielder and striker - while they will remain open to further deals depending on how the market develops in the remaining weeks.
Meanwhile, Goncalo Guedes is set to complete his move to Real Sociedad.
The Portuguese international, who arrived for £27.5million in 2022, is closing in on a permanent deal for just £3.5million, with £1.75million in add-ons.
However, the 28-year-old was on huge wages at Wolves and agreed to a wage cut to complete the move. In turn, he also agreed not to have the difference from the wage cut to be paid by Wolves, which is often standard in deals of this nature.
That has saved Wolves a significant fee, as Guedes still had two years left on his deal at the club.
The forward was not involved in the squad to play Girona on Sunday and instead left the pre-season camp to finalise his move.
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