Wolves chief Jeff Shi is in Julen Lopetegui’s native Spain to try to persuade the coach to finally come to Molineux.
Lopetegui was sacked by Sevilla last week after a poor start to the season, despite helping the Spanish club to three top-four finishes and a Europa League title since arriving in 2019. Wolves owners Fosun are admirers of Lopetegui and the Spaniard almost became their first Wolves boss in 2016 after the Chinese group bought the club and sacked Kenny Jackett.
Now executive chairman Shi has personally flown to Spain to hold talks with the 56-year-old after Wolves made him their top target to replace Bruno Lage, who was sacked last week.
