Wolves sack manager Bruno Lage after defeating West Ham

have fired head coach Bruno Lage following their relegation-threatened defeat at West Ham on Saturday. 

Bruno Lage has been fired as manager of Wolves after only 16 months in charge at Molineux. The Portuguese have paid the price for the Wolves’ slow start this season, with the club winning just one league game to date – a 1-0 victory over Southampton. Their 2-0 loss to West Ham on Saturday dropped them into the relegation zone, leaving them with six points from eight games. 

Lage, a former Benfica player, took over as manager in June last year, succeeding Nuno Espirito Santo. His first season in the Premier League was a mixed bag, with Wolves spending much of the season in the top half of the table before falling to 10th with a seven-match winless streak at the end of the season. Wolves have only scored three league goals this season, two of which have come in their last five games, while also drawing three games and winning one. 

After spending more than £100 million during the summer transfer window on high-profile signings such as Matheus Nunes, Gonçalo Guedes, Nathan Collins, and Sasa Kalajdzic, as well as bringing in former Chelsea forward Diego Costa on a free transfer, the club’s hierarchy has decided to make a change.