Wolves sack Bruno Lage after slipping into drop zone with West Ham defeat

Lage has been dismissed after 16 months at the helm

OUT THE DOOR: Former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Bruno Lage. Photo: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire.

Bruno Lage has been sacked as Wolves manager after 16 months in charge at Molineux. The Portuguese has paid the price for a slow start this season, with Wolves winning just one of their league matches – a 1-0 victory against Southampton – to date. Their 2-0 defeat to West Ham on Saturday left them in the relegation zone with six points from eight games.

A Primeira Liga winner during a short spell with Benfica, the 46-year-old Lage succeeded Nuno Espírito Santo in June last year. His first season in the Premier League was a mixed bag, with Wolves having a long spell in the top half of the table only to slump to 10th with a seven-match winless run at the end of the campaign.