Wolverhampton Wanderers star Leander Dendoncker is still suffering from a bone edema picked up on international duty in November.
That’s according to Het Nieuwsblad, who look to explain the Wolves’ man’s recent struggles in a piece today.
Dendoncker has been a regular for Nuno Espirito Santo this season, starting all but two of the 13 Premier League games he has been in the squad for.
However, he has been out of the side since the middle of December, missing clashes with Burnley, Tottenham, Manchester United and Brighton after being substituted at half time in the 2-1 win over Chelsea on December 15th.
They report that the midfielder suffered a knee injury in the game against Switzerland during the last international break, a clash that forced him off at half time.
At first, the injury didn’t appear serious and, despite missing the clash with England, he returned for the game against Denmark a week later.
He then returned and played for Wolves but gradually started to feel more and more pain in his knee until he could no longer ‘go full throttle’ and had to be withdrawn against Chelsea.
He’s not played since, and ‘research’ has revealed a bone edema, a bruise on the bone that can cause plenty of pain if it wants to.
Dendoncker has since had ‘injections’ into the area to try and relieve the pain and in the meantime has returned to training, albeit individually.
His hope is that he will be back to full training and playing again ‘in one of the following weeks’, although no definite time scale is offered for the Wolves man.
