Rob Edwards has been stood down from the dugout for Saturday’s conflict with amid sturdy curiosity from over their vacant managerial place.
Edwards didn’t lead Middlesbrough coaching on Friday and noticed his pre-match press convention cancelled, with the choice made to not put him in entrance of the media.
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over the potential appointment of Edwards as their new head coach following the .
however it now appears more and more seemingly that Edwards, who solely took cost of Middlesbrough in June, will make a transfer to Molineux, with Boro opting to take away him from matchday duties for the Riverside fixture.
The 42-year-old, who made greater than 100 appearances in a taking part in spell at Molineux between 2004 and 2008, briefly served as interim supervisor in 2016 earlier than happening to handle Forest Inexperienced Rovers and Watford.
His most profitable spell got here answerable for Luton between 2022 and January 2025, main the membership to the . Relegation from the top-flight was adopted by being dismissed with the membership twentieth within the Championship in the beginning of this 12 months.
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It’s thought that Edwards has been on Wolves’ shortlist since Pereira was dismissed, although the membership would seemingly should pay vital compensation to Middlesbrough as a way to safe his appointment.
Rob Edwards appears more and more prone to take over at Wolves (Getty Photographs)
Wolves initially seemed prone to reappoint former boss , with Edwards since rising as a prime goal.
Wolves have struggled this season after dropping prime skills together with Matheus Cunha throughout the summer time switch window, and so they presently sit all-time low of the league with simply two factors from 10 matches.
The choice to sack Pereira got here only a few weeks after he signed a brand new three-year contract, after a winless begin to the Premier League was adopted by a Carabao Cup exit by the hands of Chelsea late final month.
The membership are presently eight factors adrift of security, with a tough run of fixtures together with journeys to Chelsea, Aston Villa and league leaders Arsenal over the following few weeks.