Julen Lopetegui makes Joao Gomes point as Wolves set for Pedro Neto boost
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Your Wolves digest for Saturday, February 4.
Wolves are about to get a huge Pedro Neto boost
Julen Lopetegui has revealed Pedro Neto is ‘improving a lot’ and should make his Wolverhampton Wanderers comeback sooner rather than later.
Neto isn’t quite in full team training yet, as per a club update earlier this week, but the Portuguese wide man is stepping up his recovery after four months on the sidelines. Neto has missed Wolves’ last 17 matches after suffering a serious ankle injury in the 2-0 defeat to West Ham on October 1.
“This is one of the positive things," said Lopetegui. "He is improving a lot. He’s not ready for tomorrow but in the last week he has made a big improvement. It’s a good thing for us. He was out for four months and he will be ready to improve in the next weeks.”
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Julen Lopetegui explains Joao Gomes stance
Julen Lopetegui has hinted Joao Gomes will need time to get up to speed after joining Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Brazilian midfielder Gomes, 21, completed a protracted transfer to Wolves from Flamengo last week to bolster Lopetegui’s options in the engine room. He has trained with his new teammates this week and is in contention for a place in the squad against Liverpool.
Lopetegui can shock Liverpool with new line-up
Wolverhampton Wanderers are plotting a revenge mission this weekend when beleaguered Liverpool come to town.
Wolves’ players and supporters understandably hold some bitterness about their FA Cup exit to Liverpool last month and will be using that as motivation in the Premier League on Saturday (3pm).
Julen Lopetegui didn’t field his strongest available XI in either of those cup games. Rest assured, none of Wolves’ main players will be sitting out of Saturday’s clash.
Here’s how we think Wolves will line up…
Joao Gomes makes point to Lopetegui
oao Gomes has admitted compatriot Matheus Cunha played an influential role in his £15million transfer to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Gomes became Wolves’ sixth and final signing of the January transfer window when Flamengo finally agreed to honour the deal they struck a fortnight ago. The 21-year-old midfielder landed in Birmingham on Sunday and could make his Wolves debut his weekend against Liverpool.
He was in communication with Cunha, who joined Wolves from Atletico Madrid at the beginning of the transfer window, throughout the saga. “Before coming here, I spoke to him,” said Gomes. “We discussed things and he always said good things. So he was very influential for me to come here.”
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