Forget Liverpool. Anderson Talisca is now reportedly joining Wolverhampton for a club record fee.

According to Wednesday’s edition of A Bola, Wolves are paying €25m for the midfielder, who’s leaving Benfica after two seasons with the Portuguese side.

Now the club are expected to ask the FA for a work permit on Thursday. As he doesn’t have enough appearances for the Brazilian national team, Wolves’ basis for the request would be the value of the transfer and wages, plus his games for Benfica in the Champions League and the Portuguese league.

Talisca was heavily linked to Liverpool in the past few weeks, with the same newspaper claiming that a deal with the Reds was agreed as well. The only problem for this move would be the work permit.

We’ve always said that there was something strange with this transfer, since Liverpool were very unlikely to pay that amount for such an unproved player, and the claims around a Championship work permit being easier are simply nonsense.

A Bola’s article today doesn’t even mention Liverpool, as if they hadn’t previously said he’s going there.