{"id":2633,"date":"2026-06-11T07:56:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2026-06-11T07:56:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:56:03","slug":"wolves-wolves-dismiss-rob-edwards-after-seven-months-in-charge-at-molineux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2633","title":{"rendered":"Wolves: Wolves dismiss Rob Edwards after seven months in charge at Molineux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/wolverhampton-wanderers\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Wolves<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">  have sacked head coach Rob Edwards after just seven months following their relegation from the Premier League.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club had previously put on a united front and insisted they were behind the 43-year-old, appointed last November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cesar Peixoto, who guided Gil Vicente to sixth place in Portugal&#8217;s Primeira Liga during the season just completed, has been linked with the job at Molineux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/wolverhampton-wanderers\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Wolves<\/a> had already started planning for the Championship by signing Kieran Trippier on a free from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Newcastle<\/a>with Edwards key to the deal, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cpwer870894o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Raul Jimenez returned<\/a>with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/fulham\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Fulham<\/a> contract expiring at the end of the month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Technical director Matt Jackson said last month that the club&#8217;s hierarchy was aligned in supporting Edwards as they looked to rebuild the squad. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The plan and the goal is to get promoted straight away but we understand a lot of change has to take place,&#8221; Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If there isn&#8217;t alignment here, we&#8217;re dead in the water before we start, so that discussion has been going on for months already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Edwards left a Championship promotion race with Middlesbrough, replacing Vitor Pereira, but won just five of his 30 games in all competitions, losing 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/wolverhampton-wanderers\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Wolves<\/a> finished bottom of the Premier League &#8211; and the former Forest Green, Watford and Luton boss called for change at the club recently. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re a collective and I&#8217;ll take responsibility of course but it&#8217;s not an effort thing, it&#8217;s the fact that we&#8217;re the worst team in the league. That&#8217;s the bottom line,&#8221; said Edwards at a Q&#038;A hosted by BBC WM last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll be careful what I say because I&#8217;ve got to work with the boys as well for the next couple of weeks but we&#8217;re not good enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the situation we came into. I knew coming here in November, I might be sitting here in front of a lot of very angry people because this place is in a mess. I wanted to come here, I wanted to try and help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolves have sacked head coach Rob Edwards after just seven months following their relegation from the Premier League. 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