| Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Bruno Raj |
The manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bruno Raj (46, Portugal) from the English Premier League has been sacked due to poor performance.
Wolverhampton announced on the club’s website on the morning of the 3rd (Korea time) that they had broken up with Raj. Wolverhampton Chairman Jeff C. Raj said: “Raj is a great leader, a hardworking and dedicated manager, a warm, wise and honest man. I honestly have no doubts about his abilities and I am confident that he will succeed anywhere. But over the past few months, the team His skills and performance left us with no choice but to act.”
Raj, who took over the Wolverhampton battalion as Nunu Espiritu Santo’s successor from June 2021, led the team to 10th place in the 2021-2022 season, his first year in charge, and was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month award in January of that year this.
However, at the start of the 2022-2023 season, Wolverhampton had only 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses after playing 8 matches, collecting only 6 points. In particular, they lost 0-2 against West Ham United on the 2nd, dropping their position down to 18th place among the 20 teams in the relegation zone.
In the end, the club pulled out the knife to replace the manager. With Raj’s resignation, attention is also focused on the change in Hwang Hee-chan’s position in the team. Raj was the person who signed Hwang Hee-chan to Wolverhampton in August last year.
Wolverhampton announced that their away game against Chelsea on the 8th will be prepared by coaches Steve Davis and James Collins.
Reporter Jeong Se-young
