Wolverhampton Wanderers have made a change at manager on the eve of the season, with Julen Lopetegui out of the club and former Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil now at the wheel.
A statement on the club’s official website confirmed: “Wolves have appointed Gary O’Neil as the club’s new head coach ahead of the 2023-24 Premier League season,” adding: “The highly regarded young coach moves to Molineux on a three-year-deal on the back of a successful season in charge of AFC Bournemouth, where he gained plaudits for improving performances and maintaining the club’s Premier League status.”
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The statement continued: “At 40 years of age, O’Neil becomes the Wolves’ youngest manager this Millennium and is the first permanent British coach to lead the club in six years, bringing Premier League experience after playing and managing at this level. Having made more than 200 Premier League appearances as a midfielder for the likes of Portsmouth and West Ham United, O’Neil first stepped into coaching with Liverpool’s U23s in 2020, before joining the staff at Bournemouth in 2021.”
O’Neil left Bournemouth at the end of the season and now takes the head coach role at Wolves, where he inherits an exciting group of players ready for the new Premier League campaign, which begins away at Manchester United on Monday.