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Wolves youngster set for chance to impress at Brighton
Wolves youngster set for chance to impress at Brighton
Luke Cundle could be set for some minutes in Wolves’ Carabao Cup game at Brighton as he aims to challenge the first team stars.
The midfielder was subject of interest from former loan club Stoke in the summer, who had a £500,000 bid rejected.
A move did not materialise and Cundle stayed with Wolves, after impressing head coach Gary O’Neil in pre-season.
With a difficult run of fixtures, Wolves’ priority is picking up points in the Premier League and with a West Midlands derby at Villa coming up this weekend, O’Neil is set to ring the changes in the cup tonight.
Wolves head coach Gary O’Neil admits he cannot afford to gamble with the fitness of key players in the Carabao Cup.
A tough start to the Premier League season has left his side with just one point after difficult encounters against Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle but with the likes of Aston Villa, Liverpool and Manchester City to come before the end of October O’Neil is already thinking ahead.
That means there are likely to be significant changes ahead for Wednesday’s tie at Brighton as the Wolves boss protects key figures to boost their league campaign.
“It’s a game we want to win but a game we will probably need to make changes,” said O’Neil off the back of Sunday’s 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle.
“There are certain areas in the squad we can’t afford to pick up injuries in: Daws (Craig Dawson) will be high risk for Wednesday.
“It would be tricky to put too much on Daws. Yerson (Mosquera) has some issues with his calf and we were slightly concerned about him going into the Newcastle game, so it would be a big risk to put him out there.
“Toti (Gomes) will probably miss it with his hamstring issues. There are some decisions which need to be made but I’m not willing to risk really important players to us in key areas of the pitch with a big game coming up against Aston Villa.
“We could see young lads at centre-back at Brighton.”
Just one point from their opening four league matches has left Wolves in the bottom three of the fledgling table – their only win came in the Carabao Cup against Championship Burnley – but O’Neil is remaining positive and hopes the players are too.
“There is a few things that impact confidence: one is results, the second is performance and you can take belief from the way you played and the lads understand that,” he added.
“They know, especially with the draw being away to Brighton, with the tough Premier League games we have had we have to keep giving our best all the time.”
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