SHI HITS THE FAN?
As disappointed or frustrated as they may be, Wolves fans probably shouldn’t be too surprised. For all his qualities as a manager, Julen Lopetegui has form when it comes to leaving high-profile jobs on the eve of big competitions. With his Spanish team already in Russia ready to contest the 2018 World Cup, on the eve of the tournament Lopetegui revealed he would be taking over at Real Madrid as soon as it concluded. It was an announcement that so riled up the Royal Spanish Football Federation that it fired him on the spot and gave his gig to Fernando Hierro instead. A little more than five years later and it seems the 56-year-old has now parlayed his way out of another job. Reports suggest Lopetegui is currently thrashing out an exit deal with the Wolves bean-counters after channelling his inner Scott Parker and repeatedly criticising the lack of summer investment at Molineux.
