Kieran Trippier among Wolves stars left angry and dismayed by Rob Edwards sacking

Wolves players, including new signing Kieran Trippier, are angry at the sacking of manager Rob Edwards, talkSPORT understands.

Edwards was axed by the club just seven months after joining.

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talkSPORT understands he only found out about his imminent replacement via social media and was left stunned by the decision.

Edwards was instrumental in persuading Trippier to reject several other offers, including from the Premier League, to join the relegated side.

He was also key to Raul Jimenez re-signing for the club and even featured in his announced video on Tuesday.

Several Molineux stars have reached out directly to the 43-year-old to express their dismay at the decision.

Wolves are set to replace Edwards with Cesar Peixoto, who has spent the last three months in charge of Portuguese club Gil Vicente.

Wolves statement

“Our decision was not about character, professionalism or dedication,” Wolves said in a statement.

“It was about determining what we believe gives Wolves the strongest opportunity to move forward from a sporting perspective.

“While there were positive signs and areas of progress, we ultimately concluded that a different football direction would better align with the style, identity and level of competitiveness we want to establish at the club.

“It would have been easier to continue with what was familiar. However, leadership is not about choosing the easiest path, but about making the difficult decisions we believe are right for the future of the football club which will put Wolves on the strongest platform to move forward.”

Edwards had signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the club when joining in November.

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They had just two points when he took over and it was widely accepted it was a near impossible task to keep them in the Premier League.

The 43-year-old is now on the hunt for his third club in the space of a year having joined Wolves from Boro last November.

talkSPORT verdict

Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan afforded Edwards little sympathy after his sacking by Wolves.

The talkSPORT host called him a ‘treacherous hound’ after ditching Boro for the Premier League club.

Reacting on White and Jordan live in New York for the World Cup, he said: “He’s instrumental in signing players that are sensible signings. Trippier’s a decent player going down to the Championship and will be good for the dressing room. 

“Jimenez, probably the same. Albeit, he’s not the same player since he had that head injury. Notwithstanding that, he will do at that level. 

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“It’s difficult for me to have any empathy, because these managers have got to grow up and understand that sometimes the grass isn’t always greener. Sometimes having a bit of loyalty and a bit of substance about it.

“I know you’re going to say owners don’t, but owners fire you. It’s the last thing they want to do. Because firing a manager is A, admission of failure, and B, it costs you. And then C, you’ve got to recruit and reboot.

“So you don’t want to do it. It’s the last thing you want to do. Whereas managers dropping out of a situation where they’ve been for five months to go somewhere they think is better for them is a completely different commodity. 

“It shows those that they work for, or might work for in the future, a certain trait. So he’s learned something. 

“In the same way that Maresca will never have an outburst in a press conference in the way that he did at Chelsea, he will have learned something from this, because he bombed Middlesbrough as it suited him to go to his spiritual home. 

“Now he’s being drop-kicked out of that. Now he’s looking at his reputation thinking, where do I go now? He’s a League One manager.