{"id":3419,"date":"2026-06-15T18:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:35:24","slug":"cesar-peixoto-portuguese-named-as-new-wolverhampton-wanderers-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=3419","title":{"rendered":"Cesar Peixoto: Portuguese named as new Wolverhampton Wanderers boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I am the person who takes full responsibility and I will be accountable for my job and the future plan of Wolves,&#8221; said executive chairman Nathan Shi last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After the shock sacking of Rob Edwards last week, one which blindsided the manager and his staff along with many at Molineux, it is not just Shi who needs this change &#8211; which is a gamble &#8211; to work for Wolves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shi and owners Fosun led the change and after replacing Jeff Shi in December, he could find himself the focal point of supporters&#8217; anger just like his predecessor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If it fails, a fanbase who had started revolting over the past 18 months will look for full revolution against the owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Automatic promotion is the plan next season and Cesar Peixoto has to have Wolves in the title race in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Even then, there is no harmony or patience with Fosun after what supporters see as a managed decline over the years of selling off the club&#8217;s best players and failing to replace them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wolves and the ownership deny that and they are expected to financially back Peixoto &#8211; just like they had planned to do with Edwards &#8211; to ensure they return to the Premier League at the first attempt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club wanted more experienced players, with knowledge of the English game, to help and also reflect the club and city better and Raul Jimenez&#8217;s return does just that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So there is positivity, the mistakes of last summer&#8217;s window look to have been learned from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But after Edwards&#8217; dismissal &#8211; him and his staff finding out about a possible change on social media &#8211; and the unity presented, with words like &#8220;alignment&#8221; used over the past few months, the direction of Wolves remains hard to judge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I am the person who takes full responsibility and I will be accountable for my job and the future plan&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}