New Wolves supervisor Vitor Pereira has left Mario Lemina out to dry in a surprising rant about his captain.
The Portuguese coach laid into the midfielder, who was a shock absentee for his facet’s 3-0 loss to Newcastle.
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Virtually a assured starter for Wolves, the Gabon worldwide’s title wasn’t on the teamsheet pre-match, and Pereira waited till after the sport to disclose all.
He mentioned: “I can’t convey a participant who involves me and says he’s not in a situation mentally to assist the group, ‘I need to go away’.
“I don’t know what occurred earlier than me, however with this vitality and mentality, I don’t want him. I would favor to play one other participant.
“I do not know what occurred earlier than me, however with this vitality and this mentality, I do not want him. I favor to play with one other participant.”
Pereira went on so as to add: “I haven’t got something towards Lemina or any points with him.
“He mentioned to me that he needs to depart and he communicated this determination one month in the past to the membership.”
Solely 4 Wolves gamers have made extra Premier League appearances than Lemina’s 17 this season.
Lemina was membership captain below Gary O’Neil and one of many Midlands facet’s most essential gamers solely a matter of weeks in the past.
talkSPORT understands the 31-year-old is eager on a transfer to Pereira’s former membership Al Shabab, nevertheless, an official bid is but to return in from the Saudi membership.
It is understood Wolves need £5million for the participant whose contract expires in the summertime, though there may be an choice to set off his deal by an additional yr.
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A former Southampton participant, he joined Wolves from Good in 2023 and has recorded six objectives in 77 video games.
With out Lemina, Wolves slumped to a different defeat, with a brace by Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon’s strike seeing the guests go away the North East empty-handed.
The three-0 scoreline shifting them beneath Ipswich on objective distinction and into the relegation zone.
Pereira’s time at Molineux started impressively with back-to-back wins over Leicester and Manchester United with 5 objectives scored and none conceded.
But it’s been the reverse in his previous two within the league, shedding 3-0 to Nottingham Forest earlier than at this time’s hammer blow.
Pereira has already had one reinforcement this window, with Emmanuel Agbadou arriving from Stade Reims and being thrown proper into first group motion.