Bruno Lage reveals EVERY Wolves player wants to take COVID booster jab

Bruno Lage reveals EVERY Wolves player wants to take COVID booster jab… with Midlands outfit having one of the most vaccinated squads along with Leeds in the Premier League

Bruno Lage said his entire squad was in favour of getting a third COVID jab
Along with Leeds, Wolves are one of the most vaccinated teams in the league
Yerson Mosquera and Fabio Silva prior to Saturday’s game against Chelsea
Match was one of the five Premier League fixtures that was called off

Published: 17:40 EST, 18 December 2021 | Updated: 18:31 EST, 18 December 2021

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Wolves head coach Bruno Lage has revealed his entire squad want to take the Covid booster jab to protect themselves against the mutating virus.

Only Yerson Mosquera and Fabio Silva had tested positive prior to Sunday’s postponed game at home against Chelsea.

The Midlands club, along with Leeds, are understood to be most vaccinated squad in the Premier League.

Wolves boss Bruno Lage said all of his players wanted to take the COVID booster jab

Fabio Silva was one of two Wolves players to test positive before the game against Chelsea

‘Everyone wants to take the third vaccine,’ he said.

Lage, whose family are flying from Portugal to be with him for Christmas, added:

‘When I came here, they [Wolves] gave me the chance to be vaccinated and I accepted.

‘It was important for me because I have my family in Portugal and when I have days off I go there to spend time with my wife and kids so I took my vaccinations for that.’

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has written to clubs, saying: ‘We have highlighted the importance of vaccination and it has never been more important.’

Wolves are understood to be one of the most vaccinated teams in the Premier League

HOW OMICRON COVID OUTBREAKS HAVE THE PREMIER LEAGUE ON EDGE

Arsenal

Mikel Arteta revealed Arsenal had been forced to close their London Colney training ground after reporting a ‘few cases’ among players and staff following their 2-0 victory over West Ham United. Defender Pablo Mari and midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga were among those to test positive and therefore missed the win at Leeds.

Aston Villa

Forced to postpone Premier League clash with Burnley on December 18 just two hours before kick-off after an increased amount of positive Covid-19 test results within their playing squad.

Brentford

The Bees have 13 cases among players and staff – the club are now calling for a circuit-breaker szhutdown to help clubs recover. Their training ground has been closed and as a result their trip to Southampton on Saturday has been postponed.

Leicester

Would have been without several players for Tottenham’s visit on Thursday due to Covid before the game was postponed – despite initial calls being rejected – hours before kick-off. Their training ground was closed on Thursday morning to contain the outbreak but given they have an insufficient number of players available, their weekend trip to Everton is also off.

Manchester United

Case numbers are currently unknown but a large outbreak saw their game with Brentford postponed. Calls to have Saturday’s game with Brighton to be postponed were accepted on Thursday, and it has emerged that United would have had only seven available players for that game such is the impact of the outbreak. Their training complex is closed until Tuesday at least, in order to reduce the risk of transmission.

Brighton

Had a request for Wednesday’s game with Wolves to be postponed rejected by the Premier League following an outbreak at the club. Graham Potter confirmed there were ‘three to four’ positive cases before the game, which they lost 1-0. Saturday’s game with Manchester United has now been postponed.

Norwich

Manager Dean Smith was facing an anxious wait to discover the full extent of the outbreak at the club. Josh Sargent, Lukas Rupp and Pierre Lees-Melou were absent from the squad that faced Aston Villa in midweek for ‘Covid-related’ reasons, but while Christos Tzolis is the only confirmed player to test positive, more positive test results have been returned. The Canaries had discussions with the Premier League over Saturday’s clash with West Ham and it was agreed to postpone as they have an insufficient number of players available.

Watford

Saw their midweek game with Burnley postponed just hours before kick-off. With their training ground closed, their home match with Crystal Palace has now been confirmed as postponed too. Case numbers are currently unknown but they do not sufficient players to fulfil the Palace match.

Tottenham

Spurs were the first Premier League club to be hit by the Omicron variant last week and saw games against Brighton and Rennes postponed after cases reached double digits among players and staff. Those who tested positive for the virus are expected to return in the next couple of days after completing their 10-day self-isolation period. Spurs’ clash with Leicester on Thursday was postponed despite initial demands to have the game called off were rejected, but Sunday’s clash with Liverpool is due to go ahead.

Chelsea

After Brentford, the Blues became the latest club to be hit by a Covid outbreak, after it was confirmed ahead of their game with Everton that four more first-team players had tested positive. Mateo Kovacic was the first Chelsea player to get the virus in the outbreak this week, with Romelu Lukaku, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell following. Neverthless, their game with Everton went ahead and was drawn. They are due to play Wolves on Sunday.

Liverpool

It was confirmed just an hour before kick-off against Newcastle on Thursday night that Fabinho, Curtis Jones and Virgil van Dijk were all out having tested positive for Covid. They won the game 3-1 and are due to play Tottenham on Sunday.

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