The club-record deal is exactly the kind of commitment the 27-year-old forward has been hoping for ever since he arrived in Europe, in 2014
When Raul Jimenez moved to Wolves on loan from Benfica in the summer, his buy-out clause almost looked like a joke.
Was anyone really going to fork out £30 million (/$40m) for a player like Raul, who never managed to force his way into the starting line-up at Atletico Madrid before serving primarily as a super-sub in Lisbon?
Now, though, the clause that Wolves triggered on Thursday afternoon looks more like a bargain than a laughing matter.