"They need to feel love" - Injured Wolves players working on recovery
Wolves boss Vitor Pereira admits Sasa Kalajdzic must 'recover his confidence' as he comes back from another devastating injury.
The striker is back in training following surgery on his second anterior cruciate ligament injury since signing for Wolves, but he will not play this season after being taken off the registered squad.
The player has already hinted at a return to the Bundesliga this summer with his Wolves future uncertain and Pereira says the forward must rebuild himself 'physically and mentally' as he looks to get back on the pitch.
"We're trying to help him to recover his confidence and recover his level physically and mentally," Pereira said.
"Sometimes he's in training with us, sometimes he's out. It's step by step, we'll see at the end of the season.
"It makes part of a career, this kind of injury.
"They need to feel the support of the club, they need to feel that the manager is looking at him and trying to understand how his recovery proceeds.
"They need to feel love and feel that they are here and we are looking at them."
When asked if Kalajdzic will be looked at in pre-season, Pereira added: "We need to wait until the end of the season and after we will decide what is better for him and for us."
Alongside Kalajdzic, long-term absentees Yerson Mosquera and Enso Gonzalez are likely to be ready in the summer, but Pereira remained coy when asked about that pair.
"We need to focus because we haven't finished our work or the season," Pereira added.
"At the end of the season we'll talk to every player and try to find the best solution, here with us or outside at another club, we'll see.
"I'm doing my work until the last minute of the last game."
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