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title: "Wolves: Tim Spiers shares worrying Ki-Jana Hoever observation"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Reaction"
published: "2022-03-07T07:05:35Z"
modified: "2022-03-07T07:05:35Z"
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# Wolves: Tim Spiers shares worrying Ki-Jana Hoever observation

**Wolves defender Ki-Jana Hoever appeared to be distraught as he left the field through injury in the first half of the defeat against Crystal Palace, according to [Tim Spiers](https://twitter.com/TimSpiers/status/1500130036002791439).**

### The lowdown

The young Dutchman made [just his fourth league start of the season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ki-jana-hoever/leistungsdaten/spieler/485583) on Saturday but lasted only 25 minutes before he was forced off through injury.

Wolves were already without one of their right wing-back options in Nelson Semedo, who isn’t currently expected to be back until the middle of April (via [Premier Injuries](https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php)). Jonny Otto is capable of playing there but is [naturally a left-sided defender](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jonny-otto/leistungsdaten/spieler/175446/plus/0?saison=ges).

### The latest

With Hoever about to be substituted for Jonny, The Athletic’s Wolves correspondent Spiers took to Twitter to issue a worrying assessment.

He observed: “Hoever limping off, looks devastated. Jonny being called.”

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### The verdict

Bruno Lage isn’t just frustrated with the timing of this particular injury. [He said after the match](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2022/03/05/bruno-lage-incensed-with-wolves-first-half-display-and-calls-out-ki-jana-hoevers-preparation/) that Hoever suffered the [hamstring strain](https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php) ‘because he is not prepared’ and ‘doesn’t work with the same intensity’ as some of his team-mates in training.

Spiers [interpreted this](https://twitter.com/TimSpiers/status/1500172867236945925) as blaming the 20-year-old ‘for getting injured’, and after such a stinging rebuke, you have to wonder how severe the repercussions will be for Hoever, not just over his involvement this season but also in terms of his Wolves career as a whole.

**In other news, [Wolves had already suffered this injury blow](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/wolves-wanderers-handed-nelson-semedo-injury-blow/)**