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Gary O’Neil issues triple Wolves injury update before Newcastle clash
Mario Lemina, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Yerson Mosquera will face late fitness tests for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Newcastle.
The Wolves trio have trained with the first team but didn’t complete full sessions following various injury and fitness concerns. It’s hoped all three can feature against Eddie Howe’s side this weekend but there’s no certainty over starts, which prompts several selection dilemmas.
When asked by our sister publication, Express & Star, O’Neil said: “Everyone is OK and in a decent spot. Mario and Rayan haven’t trained much and there will be late checks on them. Yerson had cramp in both calves and didn’t train fully, but there’s no injury.”
In the case of Lemina, the captain didn’t head on international duty with Gabon as there were concerns over a knock. It was a similar scenario for Ait-Nouri, who has also been carrying a slight injury over the last fortnight or so.
Mosquera, who is enjoying his first regular string of Wolves starts, was always expected to struggle in training at the tail end of this week as he had to travel over 10 hours to return from South America. The central defender scored in Colombia’s 2-1 win over Argentina on Tuesday night.
Wolves handed fresh double injury blow ahead of Newcastle United clash
Wolves are yet to win a Premier League game this season and currently sit in the relegation zone having taken just one point from their three games so far. That point did come in their last match as they picked up a draw at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest.
Following that game, however, Wolves were then handed a double blow just days into the international break following news that both Mario Lemina and Rayan Ait-Nouri were forced to withdraw from international duty due to injury. Lemina was named as Wolves captain following the departure of Maximilian Kilman to West Ham this summer and did not feature for Gabon during the break.
