A mix-up has seen a payout due to Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes end up in the account of a basketballer.

Globo says Flamengo made the mistake by sending a payment to the wrong Joao Gomes.

Wolves midfielder Gomes joined the club during the January transfer window from Flamengo on a £15m five-and-a-half year deal.

As part of the deal, Gomes was set to receive a fee around £306,000 for his economic rights.

However, a namesake who played for Flamengo's basketball team instead received the money.

The basketball player Gomes, had left the club in 2020, and revealed he was scared upon hearing about the transaction.

He said: "I hadn't even seen it, I was traveling with my godmother. It was when I arrived at her house that my mother texted asking about some money sent.

"I was scared and even scared because until then I didn't know where the money was from.

"I thought someone had the wrong deposit or something. My godfather also said that I had to be careful because someone could be using my account to launder money."

Flamengo are said to have realised on Friday that they had made the payment to the wrong Joao Gomes.

They reportedly contacted the Federal Court of Rio De Janeiro who blocked the deposit, acknowledging that the money did not belong to the basketball player.