Wolfsburg faces a tough test against Bayern Munich in its opening Bundesliga match of the season and will now reportedly be without young attacker Kevin Paredes.
Paredes will be sidelined for at least two matches to begin the campaign due to a foot injury, Kicker reported Wednesday. The U.S. men’s national team winger/wingback did not feature in Wolfsburg’s 1-0 German Cup win over Koblenz last weekend due to the injury.
He is expected to see more of a role on the right side of Wolfsburg’s attack, a change from his left wing/wingback role that Paredes featured in over the past two seasons.
“He is an option for me in this position,” Wolfsburg manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said. “He can pull in with his left foot, can score goals. Kevin is a very offensively thinking winger who has also shown defensively that he can start.”
Paredes heads into his third season with the Bundesliga side since transferring from MLS’ DC United. The 21-year-old scored three goals in 29 combined appearances last season, logging 1,454 minutes of action.
In total, Paredes has made 55 appearances for Wolfsburg, scoring four goals and registering three assists.
After a busy summer with the U.S. Olympic Team, Paredes will likely be unavailable for the September international window.
Wolfsburg faces Bayern Munich and Holstein Kiel in its first two matches before the FIFA break.
What’s the depth chart at RW? Who plays there vs Marsch (I reeeally want to beat that overrated bag of arrogance). I mean does Mikey continue the same as GB was going? Is Poch even involved? Does a new system get implemented from afar? Assuming it’s the continuation option does Pulisic need to play RW and Haji is LW? Does Reyna even get called in to be an option at RW?
Sounds like they expect to announce if not Friday, early next week. It seems to just be figuring out money owed him from Chelsea. So even if Poch isn’t on the sidelines, he’ll be in contact with Varas as to the who and how’s much like Emma told Twila what she wanted. Not ideal but it won’t be a Dave Sarachan “no one told me anything so I just did whatever” situation.
Please get well and have a speedy recovery .Would have loved to see him against Mexico this upcoming international window.
You may still get your wish. The Mexico friendly isn’t until October and this says he may only miss two games. I’m guessing that’s due to the international window the beginning of Sept that will have leagues not playing games the first week. Hopefully he will be ready by match day 3 vs Frankfurt. Looking like he will definitely miss out on Canada and New Zealand. I’d bet he’ll be ready for selection by Oct for the (literal) grudge match vs Panama and the Mexico game. As for me I’m bummed not to see him vs Bayern. I’d love to see him go up against what they have to offer (Davies?). Bummer…like you said – get well soon!