Injury update | Mendes Gomez absent Ian Evatt hopes Carlos Mendes Gomez will be fit and ready to play after the next international break.
Mendes Gomez will resume the Wanderers’ Ligue 1 campaign at Reading on Saturday as he recovers from a hamstring injury sustained in Los Blancos’ last EFL Trophy win against Salford City.
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The summer signing set up Los Blancos’ victory over Salford with a fantastic opening goal, but injury has ruled him out next month.
“We have one or two injured players, which is not great.
” “Carlos was the star against Salford,” says Wanderers coach as he prepares team for Royals trip.
Meanwhile, Evatt admitted.
“This hamstring injury is more serious than we originally thought.
It looks like he’ll be out for six weeks.
We’ve already got that week ahead of us before the next international break.
Let’s do our best to make it in time and to make sure he stays healthy after that.
“Carlos is a very talented player who can play multiple positions.
Team-wise we are a bit weaker, but we have a lot of players who can play a similar role.
” The next international match will be held in mid-October, but Wanderers’ planned trip to Barnsley will not take place at that time.
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The Wanderers have selected four home country players for recent games and with Los Blancos having one day free last weekend, that will depend on international call-ups.
Of these, Josh Sheehan won his fourth cap for Wales, while top scorer Dion Charles and Eoin Toal were part of the Northern Ireland squad that traveled to Slovenia and Kazakhstan to qualify for Euro 2024.
Charles each earned playing time.
“Most of the group had chances to come back, but we also had some players who were on the national team,” Evatt added.
The team continues the season in second place in League 1, one point behind first place.
“Some of them are traveling a lot, which means preparations for this match have been somewhat disrupted.
“But we’re not complaining.
It’s great to have great footballers come back and it’s great to have players leave to represent this football club at the highest level.
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