Wolves are ready for a new era, after Gary O’Neil was sacked by the club on Sunday.
After losing 2-1 to Ipswich Town, Fosun decided enough was enough, and relieved the 41-year-old of his duties.
They had been so desperate for him to turn things around. But O’Neil continually showed that he couldn’t do that.
O’Neil did publicly receive the backing of his superiors last week. But that has proven to be the kiss of death, and the club have now set their sets on Vitor Pereira.
Pereira and Wolves are in talks and the expectation is that he’ll succeed O’Neil.
This morning, there is some information regarding how Wolves got to this point.
Wolves made O’Neil sack decision after Everton game, and have had Vitor Pereira in mind for weeks
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O'Neil during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Ipswich Town FC at Molineux on D...
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There have been a number of games this season where Wolves fans thought O’Neil might be sacked.
In the end, it was the 2-1 defeat to Ipswich that sealed his fate.
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But according to the well connected Johnny Phillips (via his substack), the decision to sack O’Neil was actually made after that awful 4-0 defeat to Everton – only, Wolves had a lack of a clear recruitment plan at the time.
O’Neil clung on and got the West Ham United game, and then the Ipswich game.
But as per The Athletic, Vitor Pereira has actually been in the background for ‘the past few weeks’. The 56-year-old has also been considered for the Wolves job a few times in the past.
With that knowledge, it makes it even more bizarre that Jeff Shi took the decision to back O’Neil publicly in a column with the E&S.
Wolves should have acted way before the Everton defeat
It seems as though Wolves were keen to remove O’Neil after that defeat to Everton, which would have made complete sense, so it’s frustrating that the club didn’t do it.
Wolves would go on to lose against West Ham and Ipswich, and who knows if things could have been different had someone else been taking charge.
Realistically, the Wolves hierarchy should have sacked O’Neil after the 5-3 defeat to Brentford.
That was seemingly the perfect opportunity to act, with the international break a golden chance for a new manager to start working with his new players.
Wolves fans fear sacking O’Neil now has come too late, but there will still be huge optimism that Pereira can save the club.
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