Darren Bent raves about 23-year-old, after claims Liverpool could sign him in January

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Reported Liverpool target Pedro Neto is too good to stay at Wolves, amid rumours he could leave.

Neto has had a superb start to the Premier League season, registering a goal and four assists in the opening seven games.

This has led to heavy speculation that the 23-year-old will be on his way out of Molineux in the near future. Both Liverpool and Arsenal have been linked, with claims yesterday that a January move could even be a possibility.

And asked on TalkSPORT whether he thought Neto was ‘too good’ for Wolves, Bent said that he was, whilst also urging Arsenal to go and get him.

“Yeah, he’s too good [for Wolves],” said the pundit. “I’m hoping Arsenal get him, because he is fantastic.”

Neto urged to make Wolves exit

It’s perhaps a little harsh to say that Neto is ‘too good’ to play for Wolves. The club have stuck by him through some pretty tough injury issues in the recent history.

And although the Portugal international is clearly an excellent player, he’s also never quite shown that he’s ready for that next level up.

The argument against that would be that Neto is in fact showing his readiness right now.

Still only 23, you do get the feeling that if he was to move to a Liverpool or an Arsenal, the former Braga youngster would kick on.

Although Bent would obviously prefer otherwise, we think that Anfield could be the perfect next step for Neto.

Obviously, Mohamed Salah would currently still be in his way to getting in the team, but that doesn’t look likely to last forever. Meanwhile at Arsenal, Neto would have to get past Bukayo Saka, who’s both younger and better than him.

These are all things that the Wolves man will have to weigh up when picking his next move. But it’s clear that that decision is going to have to be made sooner rather than later.