Matheus Nunes joined Manchester City from Wolves this summer for £53m, leaving Molineux on poor terms after deciding he wanted to move to the Etihad.
Matheus Nunes returns to Wolves on Saturday for the first time since his acrimonious exit in the summer and wants to set the record straight - starting with an apology.
After leaving, new Wolves manager Gary O'Neil criticised Nunes' decision to stay away from training, while Sporting Director Matt Hobbs told their website that he was 'disappointed with how it ended,' adding: "It wasn’t necessary the stance Matheus took, but we ended with a good resolution for everyone."
"I made my decision but it was an opportunity I couldn't say no to. Manchester City is a top [club] with the best players in the world, the best manager. They won the treble last year. I don't know if I'd ever get that opportunity again, so I just took my chance. I'll always be grateful for Wolves giving me that opportunity.
"It happened very quick, I didn't know before that," he said of how the move came about. "As a football player you always want to play for a top team that wins titles. My head was still at Wolves. I didn't think of leaving because it was late [in the window]. When Hobbs criticised Nunes' decision not to train, he also suggested that the Portugal international 'would admit that last season he didn’t hit the heights he expected.' To an extent, Nunes agrees, but made clear that his commitment at Molineux could never be questioned.
"Maybe performance-wise with all the circumstances - I played most of the year with an injury, sometimes I played out of position, changing the manager didn't help - performance-wise maybe I didn't perform like they would expect me to be, which is fair based on what they have seen of me before. But in terms of commitment, no.
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