Injury updates for £24m Wolves trio: 'Long journey ahead', 'towards the end', 'beginning strength phase'

The trio, all sidelined by long-term knee injuries, are at different stages on their respective roads to recovery.

Mosquera became the latest Wolves star to sustain significant knee damage when he tore the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa in September.

Kalajdzic has had rotten luck with injuries throughout his career, notably with his knees. The 19-time Austria international tore his ACL for the third time back in February, just eight months after returning to action following the previous tear.

Gonzalez, meanwhile, suffered the same ailment while playing for Paraguay at the Olympics in Paris. The 19-year-old was finally approaching first-team integration but his injury has delayed that process for quite some time.

Naturally given the timings of their injuries, Kalajdzic is the closest to a return, followed by Gonzalez and Mosquera. The latter underwent successful surgery on Wednesday, October 9 – a significant moment ahead of his recuperation.

Phil Hayward, head of high performance, said: “Everything went really well with Yerson. The surgeon was very pleased with how the procedure went. Yerson will be home for a couple of days now as he recovers, and we’ll see him at home during that time.

“He’s got a long journey ahead of him, but Yerson’s an ultra-positive guy and he’s taken everything in his stride. He’s already talking about being back to the grass and is really looking forward to getting going. With him, it’ll be a case of us holding back a little bit because he’ll be desperate to kick on as quickly as he can do.

“Enso’s doing great. He’s in the gym a lot now, beginning his strength phase. He’s a few months ahead of Yerson and is progressing really well. He responded really well to the initial surgery and is back in the gym working hard, so he’s right on track with where we’d expect him to be.

“Sasa’s getting towards the end. He’s back on the grass which is great for him – it’s great to see him back out there. He’s now starting to get to the more functional aspects of his rehab. Over the next few months we’ll be integrating more ball work into what he does and then hopefully get him back into training and matches in the not too distant future.”