Warriors prospect involved in training bust-up at Wolves

Sports Reporter

WARRIORS prospect Tawanda Chirewa was involved in a training ground bust-up with Wolverhampton Wanderers teammate Jonny Otto who has reportedly been exiled from the first team after swinging an elbow towards the Under-21 player.

Jonny hasn’t played for his club since the end of September, and it seems unlikely he will again after a training ground bust-up that saw him also reportedly damage players’ things and spit at a member of the coaching staff.

The player clashed with Chirewa, who joined from Ipswich in 2019. He has scored two goals in three Premier League 2 games this season and has been on the bench for Wolves in their last three matches.

Wolves confirmed last week that Jonny would train away from the Wolves first team until the end of January, with many believing all parties would seek for the Spaniard to secure a move away in the transfer window.

And it appears, following a report from The Athletic, that the reasons why are now clear.

Jonny is believed to have attacked Chirewa during a clash in a training session at Compton Park.

He is then claimed to have spat at a member of the coaching staff that tried to pull him away from the clash, and then going onto damage items in the players’ room.

It is said that Jonny was angered by a challenge from Chirewa in training, in the build-up to Wolves’s 2-1 loss to Arsenal at The Emirates on December 2. He is not said to have made contact with the attempted elbow.

Chirewa is believed to have finished the session, though Jonny was ordered to leave the field and go into the buildings at the training ground, where it is claimed he smashed a TV and damaged a table before being sent home.

Jonny has since apologised for the incident and is allowed to feature in youth team matches.

Wolves sporting director, Matt Hobbs has explained how the future has been outlined to Jonny and how the club look to move forward.

Manager Gary O’Neil addressed the news last week and hinted that Jonny, who has made 134 appearances for Wolves since 2018, could return to the first team squad.

The matter however, according to Hobbs, is something beyond the manager’s control.