"He is a fighter" - Wolves boss backs defender for important role
Vitor Pereira is adamant that Yerson Mosquera will be 'very important' for Wolves this season, but has called on the defender to be 'patient with himself'.
The defender suffered a serious knee injury last year before returning this season and he has so far made three Premier League appearances, including two starts.
But Pereira has also occasionally left him out of the squad and the head coach has called on the player not to rush himself back from his injury.
"Yerson is the kind of player who is physically strong, aggressive and fast," Pereira said.
"Technically he is a player who can play with the ball without problems, pass inside, pass outside, long passes, he can do everything.
"Mentally he is a fighter, but he needs to respect his body.
"He needs to respect the previous injury on his knee and when you demand a lot from your body, and the knee is not 100 per cent, he needs to be patient with himself.
"But for sure, he will be a very important player for us. He is recovering from the injury and he is not in his full condition."
Pereira added: "For me, he is ready for the Premier League.
"The only thing is recovering fully because it was a very serious injury.
"We talk every day with the medical department and we need to go step by step, not pushing too much because if we push too much, we can have a bad surprise and I don't want that.
"I want him fit and in the condition to help us."
Meanwhile, Pereira believes midfield duo Andre and Joao Gomes deserved their recall to the Brazil national side.
Both players were given the nod by Carlo Ancelotti but Andre was the only one to play any minutes, coming on as a 79th minute substitute in a friendly against South Korea.
"I'm very happy for them," Pereira said.
"This happens because they deserved it. They are doing good work.
"They are young and for sure they will look at the present and future and see quality in them.
"Before we spoke a lot about Andre and he didn't start the league at his best level.
"He needed some time to be at his level, now he's playing at his level and if he plays like this he can go to the national team and the same for Joao.
"We are not getting results, but the players have the quality.
"The future I cannot predict because they are young and can improve a lot of things."
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