Wolves’ worst fears confirmed as Matheus Cunha injury extent detailed

Wolverhampton Wanderers have been dealt a major blow today as Matheus Cunha’s hamstring injury is worse than first feared.

The Brazilian, who has nine goals and six assists in 24 Premier League appearances this season, is expected to miss the rest of the campaign. This is according to Sky Sports, with a report claiming Cunha probably won’t feature again this term.

Wolves boss Gary O’Neil has confirmed the attacker‘s problem is a serious one but refused to issue a return date. “It’s a fairly significant injury to his hamstring. There’s no timeline on it,” O’Neil said on Wednesday.

“I’ve spoken to Matheus a lot and he just wants to keep pushing to get back as soon as he can. He’s started working on it already, so we’re just going to monitor it week by week, day by day, see how far he can come and how quickly we can get him back. He’s keen to get back out there as soon as possible.

“It’s obviously a big blow to us, to the team and Matheus because of the work he’s been doing – the form he was in was exceptional. These things happen, every team suffers injuries. Channy was gone for over a month with the Asian Cup and we managed to keep ploughing on and we need to do the same without Matheus,” O’Neil concluded.