Hoddle confirmed as Wolves boss

Wolves have appointed Glenn Hoddle as their new manager on a six-month contract.

The 47-year-old former England coach was unveiled today, bringing to an end Wolves’ month-long search for a successor to Dave Jones.

“I truly believe if we get the momentum going we can reach our main objective, to be back in the Premiership,” said Hoddle.

“I’m delighted to be here. I saw the massive potential Wolverhampton have got; their ambition paralleled my thoughts."

Dave Jones parted company with the Coca-Cola Championship club on November 1 after the club’s miserable start to the new campaign.

Hoddle, out of work since leaving Tottenham a year ago, will keep Stuart Gray - working as caretaker boss since Jones was sacked – as his assistant.

Gray will remain in charge for tonight’s Championship match with Millwall, meaning Hoddle’s first game as manager will be at Watford on Saturday.

“The club is delighted to appoint a manager of the calibre of Glenn Hoddle,” Wolves chairman Rick Hayward told www.wolves.co.uk.

“He has managed at the highest level with England and, most importantly to us, he has experience of taking a club into the Premiership.

“Although it has been a relatively long search, we believe Glenn fits our criteria better than anyone and is the best man for the job.”

Hoddle began his managerial career as player-boss with Swindon before moving on to Chelsea and then taking up the England job.

His spell in charge of the national side came to an end after the 1998 World Cup when he made some controversial comments about disabled people in a newspaper interview.

He later returned to management with Southampton where he succeeded Jones – as he has now done at Wolves.

He engineered an upturn in Saints’ fortunes before being lured to White Hart Lane by Tottenham, the club where he made his name as a player.

That relationship turned sour, and he left the London club early last season. Since then he applied unsuccessfully for the post of France manager and had also been linked with a return to Southampton.

Wolves are currently 17th in the Championship.