Tottenham on Sunday introduced the signing of defender Matt Doherty from Premier League rivals Wolves for an undisclosed price reported to be 15 million kilos ($20 million). The 28-year-old Eire right-back has signed a four-year cope with Spurs and turns into Jose Mourinho’s third signing of the switch window following the arrivals of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Joe Hart. “We’re delighted to announce the signing of Matt Doherty from Wolverhampton Wanderers,” Tottenham mentioned on their official web site.
Mourinho hailed his new signing: “I hate to play him so I am so, so blissful that I do not play towards him once more. I am so blissful that we have now him — unbelievable profession for Wolves.”
“We wish to have the perfect gamers, the very best squad,” he added. “We’re going to have months of competitors continuous and we want a greater squad than we had final season.”
Doherty performed youth soccer in Eire earlier than becoming a member of Wolves in 2010, the place he made greater than 300 appearances.
He helped Nuno Espirito Santo’s males to back-to-back seventh-place finishes and a Europa League quarter-final final season.
“I am very proud to be becoming a member of such an enormous membership,” Doherty mentioned.
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“(They’ve) the perfect stadium on this planet and presumably the perfect coaching floor on this planet from what I’ve seen. My time at Wolves was incredible, I have not bought a nasty phrase to say about the entire membership in any respect.”
Spurs completed sixth within the Premier League final season, forward of Wolves on objective distinction, and reached the final 16 of the Champions League.
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