AS Roma has signed Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patricio from Wolverhampton Wanderers

The Portugal international has been Wolves’ mainstay in goal for the past three years.

AS Roma announced the signing of goalkeeper Rui Patricio from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday, with the former paying an initial fee of €11.5 million ($13.54 million).

The Portugal international has been Wolves’ mainstay in goal for the past three years, missing only two Premier League games while keeping 37 clean sheets. He was also a member of Portugal’s Euro 2020 squad, which was eliminated in the last-16.

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Roma has hired former Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho for the upcoming season after finishing seventh in Serie A last season. Patricio stated that he is excited to play for the Portuguese manager.

“In Jose Mourinho, we are talking about one of the greatest coaches in the world and I am excited to start working with him and doing everything I can to help the team,” he said.

Wolves finished 13th last season after two seventh-place finishes, with manager Nuno Espirito Santo leaving at the end of the season to join Tottenham Hotspur.

“(Patricio) has been part of the best years of the club’s recent history… coming to us when we were newly promoted and helping the club to achieve two seventh-place finishes,” Wolves technical director Scott Sellars said.