Gary O’neil In Advanced Talks To Make Shock Return To Wolves

Gary O’Neil is progressively apt to make a daze return to Wolves, pinch nan nine successful precocious talks to name their erstwhile caput coach.

Wolves person held affirmative discussions pinch O’Neil astir returning to nan station from which he was dismissed past December. Wolves, who sojourn Chelsea connected Saturday, could finalise his assignment successful nan adjacent 48 hours. O’Neil would switch Vitor Pereira, who was sacked aft an alarming eighth conclusion successful 10 matches at Fulham connected Saturday that near Wolves bottommost of nan Premier League pinch 2 points.

O’Neil was sacked amid mediocre results and ill-discipline problems wrong nan squad, but contempt instrumentality anger astatine O’Neil earlier his exit nan 42-year-old near connected reasonable position and Wolves judge he could galvanise nan squad. If appointed, O’Neil is expected to activity pinch a different coaching staff. During his tenure Wolves were peculiarly susceptible astatine group pieces.

Middlesbrough’s caput coach, Rob Edwards, has longstanding admirers astatine Wolves but is nether statement astatine nan Riverside Stadium until 2028 and trickier to obtain.

Edwards made much than 100 appearances for Wolves, wherever he coached astatine academy and first-team level. He besides had a short spell successful caretaker complaint successful 2016, soon aft Fosun, Wolves’s owner, bought nan club.