Wolves striker Raul Jimenez will reportedly not be getting any minutes for Mexico against Sweden this week, with the star getting an injection in London for his injury this weekend
The 31-year-old has made a flying visit to the capital, where he received an injection for his niggling groin injury.
According to AS, the star was in the capital to step up his recovery from the issue that has given him a lot of trouble recently.
Jimenez had the injection, and it is thought he headed back out to Spain last night to rejoin the national team.
It is reported by AS that Jimenez will not be taking any part in Mexico’s friendly with Sweden on Wednesday in their final warm up game before the World Cup in Qatar.
Mexico head coach Tata Martino had previously said that he hoped the Wolves man would be able to feature in the game.
Martino will announce his squad tomorrow, and it is expected that Jimenez will be named.
He is their talisman, and they are doing everything they can to get him fit for the tournament. At the moment, he is in the nation’s 31-man preliminary squad. Martino will cut that to 26.
The situation has been cause for frustration for some Wolves fans of late.
Last week, Mexico officially named the star on the bench for their game with Iran, as Wolves took on Leeds United in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
He was never going to play, but Mexico did it to make him feel included.
Wolves requested an explanation and Mexico ultimately apologised for the way it looked.
Many Wolves fans will rage if Raul Jimenez gets minutes against Sweden
It would be a real surprise if Martino did not pick Jimenez tomorrow, given the events of the last few weeks.
Jimenez does seem as though he is very close to returning.
It will be fascinating to see Mexico’s team sheet against Sweden on Wednesday.
AS are claiming he won’t play, but there will quite a few Wolves fans out there who are not buying that.
It might just be purely coincidence that he is about to return to action just as Wolves have finished for the World Cup.
But it hasn’t been a good look at all so far, and so if he does play against Sweden it will not go down well with many.