Rob Edwards Sacked After Seven Months as Wolves News Turns
Wolves news turned sharply on Thursday morning when the club sacked Rob Edwards after seven months in charge at Molineux. The change ends a short spell that began with relegation recovery and now moves Wolves into another reset as they prepare for the Championship.
Edwards, 43, was told he was being dismissed after the club had been asked late on Wednesday night about reports that Cesar Peixoto could take over. He first learned he might be leaving through social media, a jarring end for a coach who had more than 100 appearances for Wolves as a player before returning as head coach.
Molineux Turns to Peixoto
Peixoto is expected to be appointed at Molineux after guiding Gil Vicente to sixth place in Portugal’s Primeira Liga. Wolves said the decision came after a comprehensive review at the end of the season, when the club concluded that a change in leadership was necessary and that a different sporting direction would provide the strongest platform for future success.
That review overrode the public backing Edwards had received only last month. Matt Jackson said then that the hierarchy was aligned in supporting him while the squad was rebuilt, and he stressed that “The plan and the goal is to get promoted straight away but we understand a lot of change has to take place,” before adding that “If there isn't alignment here, we're dead in the water before we start, so that discussion has been going on for months already.”
Edwards’ Short Wolves Spell
The results never matched the job. Edwards won five of his 30 games in all competitions and lost 16, and Wolves finished bottom of the Premier League. He said last month at a Radio WM Q&A that the team were the worst in the league, adding: “We're a collective and I'll take responsibility of course but it's not an effort thing, it's the fact that we're the worst team in the league. That's the bottom line,”
Wolves had already started planning for the Championship before this change, signing Kieran Trippier on a free from Newcastle and bringing Raul Jimenez back after his Fulham contract expired at the end of the month. Those moves now sit under a new leadership plan, with Harry Watling and Paul Trollope also leaving as the club shifts direction again after relegation from the Premier League.
The immediate task is straightforward for Wolves: settle the new coaching setup and keep the rebuild moving without delay. For Edwards, the dismissal closes a brief return to Molineux and leaves Wolves to carry out the next stage of their development with a different manager and a different plan.
