Sevilla have confirmed the departure of Julen Lopetegui after a disappointing begin to their season, however he’s already in competition to take over at Wolves after they distributed with Bruno Lage.
Lopetegui was appointed in 2019 and led Sevilla to the Europa League title. He has additionally certified for the Champions League each season he has been with them.
However, at this early stage of the season, the membership are mendacity seventeenth in La Liga with only one win to their identify. The midweek thrashing by Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League was the ultimate straw.
Sevilla had been already planning to switch Lopetegui, with former boss Jorge Sampaoli the person who’s coming in to switch him on the helm.
But ex-Real Madrid and Spain coach Lopetegui could not get an excessive amount of down time as representatives have been chatting with Wolves about him taking cost at Molineux.
Sources with data of the Wolves job hunt have confirmed to 90min that Lopetegui is certainly being severely thought-about. But they insist they’re taking their time and that there are different candidates who’re additionally being given due consideration.
Former Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco, as 90min revealed this week, Ruben Amorim, Bo Svensson, Paulo Fonseca and Rafa Benitez are all on Wolves’ checklist of choices.
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