Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is interested in taking over at Wolverhampton Wanderers, reports state, with the Dutchman under consideration after Gary O’Neil opted against returning to his former club.
Wolves sacked Vitor Pereira on Sunday after the Midlands outfit slumped to a limp 3–0 loss against Fulham. The Portuguese boss collected just two points from the first 10 league games of the season, ensuring that his club remain the only team across England’s top seven tiers to still be pining after a win.
Pereira had only been handed a new three-year contract 45 days earlier— report the club’s hierarchy “did not want to make a change” coming into last weekend’s fixtures, but the nature of the Craven Cottage defeat ultimately proved to be one humiliation too many.
Ten Hag emerged as a surprise candidate to replace Pereira shortly after his sacking. However, O’Neil had been billed as the leading favourite to return to a club which dismissed him just 11 months ago. A wave of fan backlash greeted those reports, prompting numerous outlets to just as quickly claim that the English boss had withdrawn from the race.
Personal terms between O’Neil and Wolves had been agreed, per , before the club gave in to public opinion.
