Wolverhampton Wanderers moved quickly to replace their departing head coach after a damaging defeat at Craven Cottage. The dismissed manager had been given a new three-year contract just 45 days earlier, and BBC Sport reported the club\u2019s hierarchy \u201cdid not want to make a change\u201d before last weekend\u2019s fixtures. The manner of the loss, however, proved decisive.<\/p>\n
Erik ten Hag has since been named as a surprise candidate to lead Wolves. Multiple outlets report the 55-year-old is under consideration and is interested in a return to the Premier League, though he is understood to have reservations about accepting a role mid-season. Interest in Ten Hag followed reports that Gary O\u2019Neil had been the leading favourite to return to the club he left 11 months ago.<\/p>\n
Reports indicated personal terms between O\u2019Neil and Wolves had been agreed, per The Telegraph, but a wave of fan backlash prompted media coverage that the English coach had withdrawn and the club subsequently stepped back from that appointment.<\/p>\n
Wolves are also weighing younger candidates. Middlesbrough manager Rob Edwards has been linked, while former Manchester United midfielder and interim manager Michael Carrick remains in the conversation. It has been suggested the club would prefer a younger coach, a factor that could influence how far Ten Hag progresses in the process.<\/p>\n
Carrick is currently unattached after leaving Middlesbrough in the summer following a disappointing 10th-placed Championship finish. There had been high hopes for his managerial acumen after gatecrashing the top four in his debut season at the Riverside, but it has been a case of diminishing returns since. The prevailing concern about Carrick is said to be an inability to adapt to in-game alterations.<\/p>\n
Also mentioned among potential options is Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r, who is a free agent after his dismissal from Be\u015fikta\u015f in August. Wolves\u2019 selection process appears to balance immediate stability with a longer-term preference for younger coaching candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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