Bruno Lage has told Ki-Jana Hoever that he has nothing to apologise for after the Wolverhampton Wanderers defender’s message to supporters earlier this week. Lage has absolved Hoever of any blame and insists the problem stemmed from his lack of options on the bench.
Bruno Lage said: “I was disappointed after that and more disappointed because of things I said to you. It was very hard for me to make that decision to put Ki in. It wasn’t Ki’s mistake and I said to him, ‘You don’t need to apologise on social media, Instagram and so on. And also you don’t need to apologise here between us.’ When we win, we win together, and when we lose, we lose together. It was my decision to put Ki there. For wingers you don’t feel too much difference to play on the right or left, but for the full-backs it’s harder. My frustration comes from that. We didn’t have the people I wanted on the bench to manage the game better. It happened at Leeds when Rayan asked to come out.”
