Gary O'Neil has been sacked as head coach of Wolves.
The club sit second-from-bottom in the Premier League with nine points from 16 games after Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat to fellow strugglers Ipswich – Wolves’ fourth consecutive loss.
Emotions spilled over at full-time as Rayan Ait-Nouri was shown a second yellow card and Matheus Cunha also had to be restrained.
O’Neil was appointed in August 2023 following the departure of Julen Lopetegui and signed a new four-year deal with the club in August this year.
In a statement on the club website, Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said: "We're very grateful to Gary for all of his effort, dedication and hard work during his time at the club, and we wish him and his team the best of luck for the future."
Wolves finished 14th in his first season at the club but have found themselves in a relegation scrap this year.
Frustrations also boiled over in Monday night’s defeat to West Ham when Mario Lemina scuffled with Jarrod Bowen after the full-time whistle, resulting in the Wolves midfielder being stripped of the captaincy.
Wanderers were then beaten by Jack Taylor’s stoppage-time header on Saturday having taken an early lead through Ireland ful-back Matt Doherty’s own goal and following the full-time scuffles, O’Neil said his players needed to "take some responsibility".
Wolves are in advanced talks to replace O'Neil with Portuguese manager Vitor Pereira, RTÉ Sport understands.
Former Porto, Olympiacos and Fenerbahce manager Pereira is currently in charge of Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab.
The 56-year-old has won league titles in Portugal, Greece and China during an extensive managerial career and was close to replacing Rafael Benitez as Everton manager in 2022.
On that occasion, he lost out to Frank Lampard after fans protested against his reported appointment, with the message 'Pereira out, Lampard in’ being painted on a wall at Goodison Park.
But it appears he is now set for a Premier League job and would become the third Portuguese manager to take charge of Wolves following Nuno Espirito Santo and Bruno Lage.
