Desire for stability 'has only led to uncertainty'

Wolves are looking for a third manager in less than 12 months.

Owners Fosun wanted stability and consistency but they have been left with a wreckage that could ultimately drag them down to the Championship.

It is fair to say they did not want to be in this position and were reluctant to sack Vitor Pereira on Sunday morning but the nature of the defeat at Fulham left them with no choice.

They are bottom of the Premier League, eight points from safety and with just two points from 10 games.

It means they are also looking at their fifth permanent manager in four years and the stability Fosun crave has given way to insecurity and uncertainty.

That Gary O'Neil - who Pereira replaced last December - is being considered for a return shows the difficult situation at Molineux as they look to save themselves from the drop.

Pereira's predecessor won 20 of his 63 games in charge of Wolves, losing 32, and has been out of work since leaving. However, he was close to the Norwich job in the summer, knows the majority of the squad and has experience of keeping teams up.

He kept Bournemouth up in 2022-23, finishing 15th, and took Wolves to 14th after replacing Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the 2023-24 season.

It unravelled early in 2024-25 after a 10-game winless start but O'Neil, who recently changed agents, could make a surprise return.

Rob Edwards has his admirers at Wolves, having been the Under-23s coach and first-team coach, while he also had a two-game interim spell in charge in 2016.

The Middlesbrough boss has Boro second in the Championship after taking over in the summer but there has been no contact from Wolves yet.

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