Relegated Wolves sack Rob Edwards after seven months in charge | OneFootball

Wolves have sacked head coach Rob Edwards after just seven months in charge in which the club were relegated to the Championship.

Edwards was brought in following the sacking of Vitor Pereira with the knowledge that the Molineux outfit were likely to be relegated and would need to rebuild in the second tier.

He won just five of his 30 games in charge of the side since replacing Pereira in November as Wolves finished bottom of the league.

He left promotion-chasing Middlesbrough, who were top of the Championship at the time, with Wolves paying them £4m for the 43-year-old.

Edwards played a key role in the signings of free agent Kieran Trippier from Newcastle and Raul Jimenez from Fulham. He even featured in a ‘welcome home’ video for the returning Jimenez posted just two days ago, while Trippier said in his first interview with the club that the “chemistry” he felt with the manager played a role in his decision to sign.

Edwards was also interviewed by club media on Tuesday to discuss the Mexican striker’s signing, with Jimenez referred to as “an outstanding attacking option for Edwards”.

The former Luton and Middlesbrough manager had been backed by technical director Matt Jackson as recently as last month and had intended to oversee the rebuilding this season, which had already begun with the Trippier and Jimenez signings.

Former Gil Vicente head coach Cesar Peixoto, who has only managed in Portugal but guided the club to a sixth place finish in the Primeira Liga last season, has been linked with the job.