Ange Postecoglou is reportedly considered one of numerous targets beneath dialogue by Wolves after they sacked Bruno Lage.
The Portuguese was given his marching orders on Sunday a day after the Molineux membership have been overwhelmed 2-0 West Ham. That end result noticed them slip into the relegation zone of the English Premier League, with simply three targets scored all season. Lage was appointed boss in June 2021 after predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo left for Tottenham Hotspur.
Now the midlands membership, who're vulnerable to appointing Portuguese managers as a consequence of their shut affiliation with tremendous agent Jorge Mendes, are on the hunt for Lage’s alternative, and the Telegraph studies Postecoglou is considered one of a jumper of candidates being talked about by membership powerbrokers as a consequence of his spectacular achievements north of the border with the Hoops. A Scottish Premiership title win throughout his first season in cost in addition to a Premier Sports activities Cup win enjoying the type Celtic do has seen admiring glances forged from England.
Nevertheless, doubts stay over the Aussie’s willingness to think about different choices. He’s within the midst of his first ever Champions League marketing campaign, with the Glasgow membership battling it out in a bunch containing Actual Madrid, RB leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk. Postecoglou had been linked with the latest emptiness at Brighton after Graham Potter was poached by Chelsea, nevertheless it's understood leaving was by no means actually on the playing cards and the Seagulls opted for former Shakhtar boss Roberto De Zebri.
Whether or not Wolves would have a greater probability of turning Postecoglou’s head than their Premier League rivals stays uncertain. Sevilla boss Julen Lopetegui has beforehand been a goal, whereas the Portuguese reference to Mendes places Olympiacos head coach within the body. Selling from inside can be being thought-about by membership chiefs.
They're anticipated to make an appointment forward of the weekend journey to play Chelsea. That most well-liked time-frame makes the probabilities of a profitable strategy for Postecoglou much more distant.
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