Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Gary O’Neil has denied rumours linking him to a training function at Manchester United, saying there may be ‘no fact’ within the reported curiosity.
Studies earlier within the week revealed that United have been initiating talks over a training function for the previous Bournemouth boss. O’Neil has since denied this, however believes it’s an honour to be linked with the membership.
Addressing the media earlier than Wolves journey to Aston Villa on Saturday, O’Neil stated: “I do not know the place it got here from. Rising up, Liverpool and Manchester United all the time felt particular. It is an honour to be linked even when there is no fact in it.
“However all of my focus is on a three-game Premier League week and the way we can assist the group. I am a head coach and I am all the time going to be a head coach.
“I am actually having fun with my time at Wolves. I used to be solely made conscious of [the links] by the media staff to organize to your questions.”
O’Neil, who landed his first managerial function at Bournemouth in 2022, joined Wolves in August and has shortly turn out to be an important determine on the membership. He is led them to suprising success, taking the as soon as relegation-bound aspect into European competition.
It is much more spectacular for O’Neil, who took over lower than per week earlier than their first fixture of the 2023/24 marketing campaign after a surprising sacking from his former membership.
It appears the 40-year-old is glad to stay at Wolves, the place he’s extremely regarded by each followers and gamers alike.
In the meantime, the stress is piling on Erik ten Hag, who could also be compelled to struggle for his place to stay at United. His future remains to be undecided, however experiences present that Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi, Brentford’s Thomas Frank, and England boss Gareth Southgate have been thought-about as potential successors to the Dutchman.
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