Rob Edwards has been stood down from Middlesbrough’s Championship recreation towards Birmingham on Saturday amid curiosity from Wolves over their vacant supervisor’s place.
Wolves made a proper strategy for the Boro boss earlier this week which was rejected by the Teeside membership, with the supervisor reportedly locked in talks with the membership’s hierarchy on Friday.
Edwards, who’s a former Wolves participant, didn’t take cost of Middlesbrough coaching on Friday, in keeping with Sky Sports activities, with the 42-year-old’s press convention for the sport towards Blues cancelled.
Membership chiefs have now seemingly made the choice that Edwards shouldn’t be concerned in Saturday’s recreation as hypothesis over his future continues.
There was no official announcment by the membership and it stays to be seen who shall be within the dugout on the Riverside later at present.
The previous Luton supervisor has emerged as Wolves’ prime goal to interchange Victor Pereira, who was sacked on November 2 with the membership winless and backside of the Premier League.
Former supervisor Gary O’Neil was beforehand in talks to return to Molineux lower than 12 months after his sacking however withdrew from the working after a damaging fan backlash.
Tamworth-born Edwards made greater than 100 appearances for thw West Midlands facet as a participant and likewise frolicked on the membership as a youth coach.
Edwards was requested about Wolves’ curiosity earlier this week, with the supervisor insisting his full focus was on Boro.
“ my hyperlinks to the membership [Wolves],” Edwards mentioned. “However my full focus is on this job right here, which is a superb job, and making an attempt to show issues round.
“It’s all hypothesis anyway. I by no means get drawn on stuff that’s all hypothetical and I don’t need to get drawn on that.
“I really like being Middlesbrough supervisor and that’s what I need to take into consideration.
“All I can say is I’ve not given it a single thought as a result of my focus is simply on this. It’s all of the stuff that my daughter was telling me about.”
He at present has Boro chasing promotion to the Premier League as they sit third forward of the 3pm conflict towards Birmingham. Edwards already has two promotions on his CV having guided Luton City to the highest flight in 2023 as properly taking Forest Inexperienced as much as League One in 2022.