Wolverhampton have sacked manager Bruno Lage after Saturday’s loss to West Ham (their fourth this season) sent the club into the relegation zone, according to Sky Sports.
“Wolves parted ways with manager Bruno Lage, who had been in charge of Molineux since June 2021, taking Wolves to 10th place in his first Premier League season. During that campaign, Lage was honored as the Manager of the Month in the Premier League. in January”, can be read in the statement released by the club on its website.
Wolverhampton also adds that coaches Steve Davis and James Collins will take the reins of the first team, which visits Chelsea’s stronghold on matchday nine of the championship.
For his part, the president of the club, Jeff Shi, praised the Portuguese and regretted that the results dictate the exit.
“He is an excellent coach. He is hard-working, dedicated, a warm, wise and honest man. It has been a pleasure working with him and his team during this time, so it was with great sadness that we had to make a difficult decision. its capabilities and I am sure it will be successful elsewhere. However, given the team’s performances in recent months, we had no choice but to act,” he explained.
With just six points, the result of one victory, three draws and four defeats, in eight games of the current Premier League, Bruno Lage finished without resisting, with the defeat in London, at West Ham (2-0), in the Saturday, to prove to be the ‘last straw’ for emblem makers around Birmingham.
The 46-year-old former Benfica coach arrived at Wolverhampton on June 8, 2021, at the time of succeeding his compatriot Nuno Espírito Santo.
For Wolves, in which the Portuguese José Sá, Nélson Semedo, Toti Gomes, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Matheus Nunes, Pedro Neto, Chiquinho, Gonçalo Guedes and Daniel Podence play, Lage achieved a total of 19 wins in 51 official matches .
Bruno Lage had his first experience as a coach in Benfica’s top flight, leading the ‘Eagles’ to the conquest of the Portuguese I Liga in 2018/19 and the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup in 2019, but ended up leaving the Lisbon club in the final phase of the 19/20 season.
Source: TSF
