RAUL JIMENEZ'S partner has hit out at Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui following her husband's recent absence from the team. The Mexican, 32, who has struggled ever since fracturing his skull in November 2020, has not been included in any of Lopetegui's last four squads. Jimenez has not featured since Wolves' 4-2 defeat to Leeds last month. Instead, former Chelsea and Atletico Madrid man Diego C...Full Story »

Raul Jimenez will not feature for Wolves against Arsenal as he continues to battle a groin issue.The striker has been with the Mexico team this week ahead of the World Cup and was named on the bench – although he was not going to play – for their 4-0 win over Iraq on Wednesday to boost his morale.Jonny is a doubt with a hamstring problem, Sasa Kalajdzic (knee) is out and Diego Costa ...Full Story »

Boss Bruno Lage saluted Raul Jimenez after he helped fire Wolves into the third round of the Carabao Cup.The Mexico international and Adama Traore struck to beat Preston 2-1 at Molineux on Tuesday.Hwang Hee-Chan missed a first-half penalty before Ben Woodburn made Wolves sweat with a consolation soon after the break.Jimenez marked his first start of the season after knee and groin injuries with ...Full Story »

Raul Jimenez plundered his first goal of the season as Wolves survived Preston’s swashbuckling Carabao Cup fightback.The Mexico star – who celebrated his opener with an eye patch and pirate hook – set the hosts on the way to a 2-1 second-round win.Adama Traore’s spectacular strike also ensured Bruno Lage’s side secured their first win of the season, even after Hwang...Full Story »

Wolves boss Bruno Lage could use Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup second round tie against Sky Bet Championship Preston to get match fitness into his returning troops.Striker Raul Jimenez made his first appearance of the season as a second-half substitute in Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League defeat at Tottenham on his return from knee and groin injuries, and is yet to work his way back up to ...Full Story »

Jesus Jimenez with Toronto His friends say that he only needs to play on the moon as Spaniard Jesus Jimenez continues to enjoy football outside his own country. After his time in the Polish league, where he scored 43 goals and provided 27 assists in the 134 games he played for Gornik Zabrze, he set off in a new direction in Major League Soccer. In February he travelled to Canada to sign for M...Full Story »

Raul Jimenez scored the only goal as Wolves brought West Ham’s winning run to an end with a 1-0 victory at Molineux.Jimenez struck his third goal of the season in the 58th minute having been teed-up by Daniel Podence, who had twice been denied by good Lukasz Fabianski saves earlier in the second half.The visitors were left frustrated in their subsequent efforts to fight back as their run o...Full Story »

Raul Jimenez bagged his first Molineux goal for over a year to inspire Wolves to a narrow 2-1 win over Everton.The forward, fit again after recovering from a life-threatening fractured skull 12 months ago, scored at home for the first time since October 2020.It was also his 50th goal for Wolves – and second of the season – as the Mexico international proved beyond doubt he has lost n...Full Story »

Wolves boss Bruno Lage hailed a special day for Raul Jimenez after the striker scored for the first time since suffering a career-threatening fractured skull to secure a 1-0 victory at Southampton.Mexican Jimenez lit up a largely forgettable Premier League affair on the south coast by emphatically ending a 336-day wait to hit the net with a fine moment of individual magic in the 61st minute.The ...Full Story »

Raul Jimenez conjured a moment of magic to claim his first goal since suffering a career-threatening fractured skull and earn Wolves a 1-0 Premier League victory at winless Southampton.The Mexico striker – sporting protective head gear following his sickening clash with former Arsenal defender David Luiz last November – emphatically ended a 336-day wait to hit the net after waltzing ...Full Story »

Bruno Lage’s maiden home game as Wolves boss against Tottenham could see Raul Jimenez make his first competitive appearance at Molineux for nine months.The striker returned after recovering from a fractured skull as Wanderers began the season with a 1-0 defeat at Leicester last weekend. The Mexico international is expected to keep his place in the starting line-up.Defensive duo Yerson Mosq...Full Story »

  Wolves striker Raul Jimenez suffered a horrific head injury in November last year which could have been career or even life-threatening, but the Mexican is now back in training and could be near a return to action. In the moments that followed the accidental clash with Arsenal's David Luiz last November, Jimenez's partner, Daniela Basso, feared the worst as he lay on the pitch. "Unfo...Full Story »