Bruno Lage blasts Ki-Jana Hoever in furious Wolves press conference

Bruno Lage has criticised Ki-Jana Hoever’s preparation for Wolverhampton Wanderers’ defeat to Crystal Palace.

The Dutch right-back started only his second game for Wolves since December after keeping his place in the absence of Nelson Semedo.

Hoever lasted little over 20 minutes though after pulling up with a muscular injury, and needed to be replaced by Jonny Castro Otto.

Lage was asked about Hoever’s injury in his post-match press conference and responded with a scathing assessment of the 20-year-old’s application in recent months.

He said: “Ki is a good example of the young kids, they want everything to happen (now). When you are out and your teammate is playing, and you are not training at the intensity, you are not preparing yourself and after, when you have a chance, these kinds of things happen.

“I have too many kids in my team that sometimes don’t work the way they should work. They do not prepare the way they should prepare and after, when they come inside (the team), these kind of things happen.

“When they are in training they are thinking a lot, ‘Oh I’m not playing’, and I said to them in the first day when I started, ‘We are here, you need to continue to work. The first target is to work and improve.’

“Injuries can happen, but this one happened because he was not prepared because Ki sometimes doesn’t work in the same intensity. This warning is not only for Ki, it’s for all the kids we have in our team.

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