Wolves' Mosquera set to miss rest of season with serious knee injury
· CNA · JoinWolverhampton Wanderers centre back Yerson Mosquera will likely miss the rest of the Premier League season after suffering a serious knee injury, the club said on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old Mosquera was taken off on a stretcher after twisting his knee in the second half of their 3-1 defeat at Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Colombia international underwent scans that revealed injuries to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) which will shortly require surgery, with no definitive time scale on a comeback.
"We will be visiting specialists in the coming days to finalise the plan for surgery; this will take place in the next two weeks," Wolves' head of high performance Phil Hayward said in a statement.
"Clearly there is a long recovery period ahead for Yerson, and the club will be providing all the support he needs to ensure a successful rehabilitation and a return to competition in due course.
"Time scales are difficult to state before surgery but it is highly unlikely he will feature again this season."
Mosquera started all five of Wolves' Premier League games this season after spending the last campaign on loan at Villarreal in LaLiga.
Wolves are bottom of the Premier League with one point from five games to sit in the relegation zone with Southampton and Everton.
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