Wolves have parted firm with head coach Gary O’Neil and his backroom workers.© AFP
Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday sacked supervisor Gary O’Neil after a run of 4 straight Premier League defeats left them stranded within the relegation zone. The membership are second from backside of the desk with simply 9 factors from 16 video games after Saturday’s painful 2-1 residence loss to fellow strugglers Ipswich. “Wolves have parted firm with head coach Gary O’Neil and his backroom workers,” the membership mentioned in an announcement. “O’Neil arrived at Molineux simply three days earlier than the beginning of the 2023/24 Premier League season, taking over a major problem and finally guiding the Old Gold to a profitable marketing campaign.”
Chairman Jeff Shi mentioned the membership have been “grateful to Gary for all of his effort, dedication and laborious work”.
Just days in the past Shi mentioned the Midlands membership have been “united” behind the previous Bournemouth boss regardless of Wolves’ struggles.
O’Neil, 41, was appointed in August 2023 following the departure of Julen Lopetegui and signed a brand new four-year take care of the membership in August this 12 months.
Wolves completed 14th in his first season at Molineux however at the moment are in a relegation scrap — they’ve 11 defeats and simply two wins and are 4 factors from security.
Frustrations boiled over in Monday’s defeat to West Ham when Mario Lemina scuffled with Jarrod Bowen after the full-time whistle, ensuing within the Wolves midfielder being stripped of the captaincy.
Emotions additionally spiked at full-time at Molineux on Saturday after Jack Taylor scored a stoppage-time winner for Ipswich.
Rayan Ait-Nouri was proven a second yellow card and Matheus Cunha needed to be restrained.
After the defeat, O’Neil mentioned he had struggled to reverse his workforce’s slide.
“The capability of the workforce to manage at this stage is proving unbelievably tough for us,” he advised the BBC.
“I’ve labored at this stage, that is my third 12 months now, and I’ve by no means had a lot of a wrestle to assist a gaggle address the extent — actual fundamental stuff.”
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