Wolves defender Mosquera set to miss rest of season

Wolves defender Yerson Mosquera is expected to miss nan remainder of nan play pinch a superior knee injury.

The 23-year-old was carried disconnected successful nan 82nd infinitesimal of Saturday's 3-1 conclusion astatine Aston Villa aft being caught by Morgan Rogers and twisting his knee.

The Colombia world has undergone scans to find nan severity of nan wounded and will now require an operation.

Wolves' caput of precocious capacity Phil Hayward said: "Yerson has now had each of nan various assessments and scans which unluckily corroborate injuries to nan medial collateral ligament (MCL) and nan anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

"We will beryllium visiting specialists successful nan coming days to finalise nan scheme for surgery; this will return spot successful nan adjacent 2 weeks.

"Timescales are difficult to authorities anterior to room but it is highly improbable he will characteristic again this season."

Mosquera has started each 5 of Wolves' Premier League games this word aft spending past twelvemonth connected indebtedness astatine Villarreal successful La Liga.

Wolves were already short successful defence having grounded to bring successful a replacement for skipper Max Kilman aft his £40m move to West Ham successful nan summer.

The wounded adds to leader Gary O'Neil's problems pinch his broadside winless and bottommost of nan Premier League going into Saturday's lucifer astatine location to Liverpool.