Wolves duo withdrawn from international duty due to injury
Seven members of Cesar Peixoto’s Wolves squad have checked in with their nations for international action.
Wolves pair Fer Lopez and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde have withdrawn from international duty this month due to ‘minor’ injuries.
Attacker Lopez, 22, and midfielder Bellegarde, 28, will not represent Spain under-21s and Haiti respectively during the upcoming week of national team action.
Molineux star Lopez played 85 minutes of Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Wrexham in the Championship.
The Spaniard will not take part in a friendly double-header against under-21 outfits from Japan and Albania as he carries out recovery at Compton.
Bellegarde only featured from the bench for the final five minutes plus stoppage in north Wales for Cesar Peixoto’s team, but has been ruled out of Haiti action.
His nation face a Concacaf Nations League double-header against United States of America.
Lopez and Bellegarde’s fitness blows are unspecified, but not thought to be serious.
Seven members of Peixoto’s squad have jetted off on international duty.
Ladislav Krejci, Rafiki Said, Marshall Munetsi, Tawinda Chirewa, Nasser Djiga, Mateus Mane and Sean Neave have all received calls.
Czechia captain Krejci faces a home game against World Cup winners Spain before a clash in Croatia in the Nations League, where his country remain pointless from four games.
Summer signing Said can add to his 16 caps and eight goals for Comoros during a first call since checking into Molineux. The winger’s nation face African Cup of Nations qualifiers against DR Congo home and away.
Club and international team-mates Munetsi and Chirewa will link up with Zimbabwe for home and away AFCON clashes against Equatorial Guinea.
Central defender Djiga had missed three games with a groin issue prior to the clash at Wrexham, where he returned to feature for 90 minutes, and will link up with his colleagues from Burkina Faso for a double-header against Mauritania.
Newcastle loan teen Neave and academy graduate Mane link up with England and Portugal under-20s respectively.
Portugal face Italy and England tackle Czechia before Neave and Mane could go head-to-head as England face Portugal.