Wolves have parted firm with head coach Rob Edwards, with Cesar Peixoto anticipated to interchange him.
Edwards was appointed final November, with Wolves paying compensation believed to be within the area of £3.8million to prise him and assistant Harry Watling from Middlesbrough.
The previous Luton City boss could not save Wolves from relegation as they completed backside of the desk with 20 factors, successful solely three video games.
Nevertheless, there have been some outcomes that advised motive for optimism within the latter levels of the marketing campaign, with Wolves beating Liverpool and drawing with eventual champions Arsenal at residence in March.
Edwards was anticipated to guide Wolves of their push to safe an instantaneous return to the Premier League and was mentioned to have performed a key position in them clinching the signings of Kieran Trippier and Raul Jimenez.
However a day after the completion of the latter deal, Wolves introduced they’d elected to dismiss Edwards amid experiences that Peixoto, coach of Primeira Liga facet Gil Vicente, is ready to take over.
A Wolves statement read: “Following a complete assessment on the conclusion of the season, the membership has decided {that a} change in management is critical as Wolves enters the following stage of its improvement.
“Whereas the membership recognises the numerous challenges confronted by Edwards and his employees throughout their tenure, and acknowledges the dedication and professionalism they demonstrated all through, it finally concluded {that a} totally different sporting route would supply the strongest platform for future success.”
Government chairman Nathan Shi mentioned: “I wish to personally thank Rob and his employees for all the pieces they’ve given to Wolves throughout what has been a really tough interval within the membership’s current historical past.
“Rob accepted the problem of returning to Wolves at a time when the state of affairs was extraordinarily difficult, and all through his time right here he has carried out himself with professionalism, integrity and dedication.
“This has been a particularly tough choice. Following the tip of the season, we undertook an intensive assessment of each side of the soccer operation.
“This course of concerned cautious consideration of many elements and intensive reflection on what we consider is required to assist the membership progress over the approaching years.
“Our choice was not about character, professionalism or dedication. It was about figuring out what we consider provides Wolves the strongest alternative to maneuver ahead from a sporting perspective.
“Whereas there have been optimistic indicators and areas of progress, we finally concluded {that a} totally different soccer route would higher align with the fashion, identification and degree of competitiveness we need to set up on the membership.
“It could have been simpler to proceed with what was acquainted. Nevertheless, management isn’t about selecting the simplest path, however about making the tough choices we consider are proper for the way forward for the soccer membership which is able to put Wolves on the strongest platform to maneuver ahead.
“Our ambition is to construct a soccer membership able to reaching sustainable success. That requires readability of imaginative and prescient, alignment all through the soccer operation and the braveness to make tough choices once we consider they’re in the perfect pursuits of the membership.”
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Peixoto was appointed by Gil Vicente in March 2025 with the temporary of securing Primeira Liga survival.
He achieved that feat as they completed seven factors away from the drop, after which led them to a massively spectacular sixth-place end within the 2025-26 marketing campaign.
Now it seems he’ll get the chance to attempt to lead Wolves to promotion from the Championship.
Peixoto is represented by the Gestifute company, led by Jorge Mendes, which has a powerful relationship with Wolves’ Chinese language possession.
Wolves have beforehand appointed three Gestifute purchasers, Vitor Pereira, Bruno Lage and Nuno Espírito Santo, as head coach, whereas the connection has facilitated signings akin to these of Pedro Neto and Ruben Neves.
