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title: "Wolves: Injury expert drops ‘hopeful’ Ruben Neves claim"
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published: "2022-04-16T11:35:20Z"
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# Wolves: Injury expert drops ‘hopeful’ Ruben Neves claim

**An injury expert has now dropped a ‘hopeful’ Wolves claim involving Ruben Neves.**

### The Lowdown: Not as serious

Speaking to the [media](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220407-lage-excited-for-the-business-end-of-the-season/), Bruno Lage revealed that Neves’ injury setback was ‘not as serious’ as they initially expected.

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The Portugal international has been missing since [March](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-neves/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/225161/plus/0?saison=2021&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=), but will now be hoping to make a swift recovery in time to play the final few games of the season.

### The Latest: Dinnery reacts

Speaking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/wolves-star-neves-will-return-by-this-specific-date-dinnery/), Ben Dinnery, who runs the [Premier Injuries](https://www.premierinjuries.com/) site and has a background in both medicine and data analysis, has claimed that he is still ‘hopeful’ that Neves will return in ‘early to mid-May’, despite this ‘new info’ from Lage:

*“My understanding initially hasn’t changed a great deal even with this new info.*

*“We’re talking about an MCL here. The indication that it was a grade two.*

*“I was working on the premise that we could maybe see a return around early to mid-May. I am still fairly hopeful that is the case.*

*“It happened against Leeds. He tried to continue but he couldn’t. He then went out to Portugal for some rehab and recovery.*

*“The target was always going to be around game week 35. I think there is a strong possibility that he’ll play again this season somewhere around there.”*

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### The Verdict: Big boost

The fact that Neves’ injury is not as serious as previously expected, and that he could return for the last few matches of the campaign, is certainly a big boost for the Midlands club.

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He currently ranks as their fourth-best performer in the Premier League so far, scoring four goals and making two assists, while also picking up two man-of-the-match awards ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/161/Show/England-Wolverhampton-Wanderers)).

The 25-year-old also ranks highly among his teammates in terms of average tackles, interceptions, shots, passes, long and through balls per game ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/161/Show/England-Wolverhampton-Wanderers)), and will clearly be an important player for them if they are to finish the season strongly, and potentially challenge for a European place.

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