Wolves defender withdraws from international duty with injury concern

The defender joined up with his countrymen after Wolves' 2-0 win over Southampton, despite playing with a groin strain.

He missed Uruguay’s 3-2 win over Colombia on Saturday and will also miss the clash with Brazil this week after struggling to recover from his injury. Team-mate Andre will hope to play for Brazil in that clash.

Bueno has now returned to Wolves for treatment, with the club keen to get him fit for the upcoming trip to Fulham.

Wolves only have three fit senior centre-backs and all three have been starting of late, meaning Gary O'Neil's team cannot afford more injuries.

But Wolves have had plenty of players representing their nations during the international break.

Jorgen Strand Larsen bagged an assist coming off the bench as Norway beat Kazakhstan 5-0 and earned promotion to the second level of the Nations League.

Wolves captain Mario Lemina played for Gabon in a 5-1 defeat to Morocco, while Jose Sa and Nelson Semedo were unused substitutes for Portugal on Friday, before facing Croatia next.

Both Rodrigo Gomes and Carlos Forbs got minutes for Portugal's under-21s, playing 45 minutes each against Ukraine.

Fabio Silva, who is on loan at Las Palmas, also played in that game before being called up to the senior Portugal squad for the first time.

The under-21s face Slovakia next, where Gomes and Forbs will be keen to impress.

Elsewhere, Matt Doherty watched from the sidelines as Ireland were beaten 5-0 by England at Wembley.

They finished third in their group and now face a play-off game next year to avoid relegation to the third tier of the Nations League.

Rayan Ait-Nouri was also given a break by Algeria as they beat Liberia 5-1 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game.

Goalkeeper Tom King was named in Wales' squad to face Turkey but did not get on the pitch in the 0-0 draw, ahead of facing Iceland in Cardiff next.