Wolves heading for Lage 2.0 with Lopetegui

Sevilla supervisor Julen Lopetegui is reportedly one of many frontrunners to turn into the brand new Wolves supervisor however he may very well be a repeat of Bruno Lage ought to he make the transfer to Molineux.

Based on the Telegraph’s John Percy, Lopetegui and Bo Svensson have emerged as “prime targets” to exchange Lage, who was sacked on the weekend after his aspect misplaced out 2-0 in opposition to West Ham.

The Outdated Gold presently sit 18th within the Premier League with simply three objectives within the prime flight to their title, with a mix of damaging techniques and accidents within the ultimate third seeing Wolves’ goalscoring points from final season proceed to hang-out them within the present marketing campaign.

Any new supervisor within the dugout must change the way in which Wolves are arrange if he needs to unravel the issue of placing the ball behind the web, so a transfer for Lopetegui makes little sense when you think about Sevilla’s lower than spectacular begin to the season.

The Spanish aspect presently sit seventeenth in La Liga after successful simply one in every of their opening seven matches, with seven objectives to their title.

Ought to Wolves rent Lopetegui?

They’re additionally backside of their Champions League group after dropping 4-0 to Manchester Metropolis and drawing 0-0 with Copenhagen, with one other powerful recreation to come back on Wednesday after they face Borussia Dortmund.

Due to this fact, regardless of possessing one of many prime sides in La Liga, goalscoring is clearly a problem for Lopetegui’s aspect in the meanwhile and there’s little to counsel that he may flip Wolves’ present state of affairs round.

The previous Spain boss averaged a stunning 1.43 factors per recreation throughout his time at Actual Madrid, which is almost as dangerous because the 1.29 factors per recreation averaged by Lage at Wolves, regardless of possessing what was undoubtedly one of many prime squads in world soccer throughout his time on the Santiago Bernabeu.

A 5-1 defeat in opposition to Barcelona additionally led the Spanish media to explain Lopetegui’s time in cost as “awful” and whereas they’d qualify for the Champions League final season, the 56-year-old’s present type makes it exhausting to make a case for him being successful at Wolves.

It appears clear, subsequently, that Wolves ought to keep away from appointing Lopetegui except they need a repeat of Lage’s underwhelming spell at Molineux. Identical to the Portuguese coach, he has been incapable of driving out any inspiration within the ultimate third from his gamers. It looks as if a recipe for catastrophe.