Steve Bull: All the best Ruben Neves, and thanks for the Wolves memories

But, I can’t knock him for what he’s done for Wolves – he’s been absolutely brilliant for our club.

He’s probably exceeded what he expected to do at Wolves, he’s given us some goals, sublime skill, some excitement and some happiness.

He’s been an absolute revelation for our club, so wherever he goes you cannot blame him, if it’s the right move for him.

Neves is a tremendous footballer. He’s the kind of player that fans get excited when they see his name on the team-sheet and wonder what kind of exciting moment he might create – whether it’s a goal into the top corner or a brilliant free-kick.

That’s what fans want from football and Neves brought that to this club every single week – he was wonderful.

And to be fair to him, the money he is receiving is too good to turn down. Sometimes in life you have to do things that maybe you don’t want to do, but it’s important to secure a future for you and your family – and in Neves’ case, his family for generations.

Nobody can begrudge him this move, regardless of where he’s playing, for what he’s done for Wolves.

Plenty of ex-players and pundits have criticised his move, but I think they should leave him alone.

It doesn’t matter where he’s going. He’s going to play football, regardless of the big pay packet, what has it got to do with everyone else?

On behalf of myself and every Wolves fan, I want to thank him. He’s an absolute star and has been brilliant. He’s done his job for us and put us back on the map – and you never know, he might be back.

Also, for Wolves, it is a brilliant deal. The club have got some good money for him – it’s a lot of money.

But on the other hand, if Declan Rice is £100million, then for me Neves is in the same boat.

Despite that, the club have done well to get the deal done, he’s happy to go and fair play to him for what he’s doing for Wolves.

Now, the club need to replace him and I hope they have someone in place.

The team we have is quite strong, but we need it even stronger. You can’t get rid of your best players and not replace them.

I know Wolves have Joao Gomes and Mario Lemina still, who are more defensive-minded, but I believe Wolves need to replace Neves with a like-for-like defensive midfielder.

Neves has never been a box-to-box player, he’ll sit in front of the defence and spread the ball around.

I can’t put my finger on a name that would do the job, but an agent like Jorge Mendes will probably have names in mind.

I’m sure Wolves will find a replacement for Neves – and probably for half the price!

The club does need to take Financial Fair Play into account, but the club always does everything by the book and it’s now time to start looking at bringing players in.

They need to give Julen Lopetegui an idea of what he can spend and start to get deals done, so they can start pre-season strong.

There’s not a lot of rumours going around and I do get a bit frustrated, I just want the supporters to be given a bit of hope by seeing the club making some moves in the transfer window. Lopetegui will need some additions.