Gary O’Neil: Keith Wyness can’t believe source’s Wolves sack reveal
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness has insisted Wolves would be “guaranteeing relegation” by sacking Gary O’Neil.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – suggested he can’t believe the Englishman is already under scrutiny, claiming “people have very short memories”.
Sources told Football Insider on Tuesday (24 September) that O’Neil will face intense sack pressure at Wolves if the Midlands club’s results don’t improve.
The Molineux club are bottom of the Premier League and are yet to win a top-flight game in the 2024-25 campaign.
Liverpool, Brentford and Man City lie in wait for Wolves in their next three league games.
Sources say O’Neil has “credit in the bank” with club chiefs after leading the Molineux club to a 14th-place finish last term following huge player sales.
Wolves would ‘guarantee relegation’ by sacking O’Neil, says Wyness
Wyness told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “People have got very short memories.
“He did a great job last season and had them performing so much better than Wolves deserved to be with the resources he had.
“They’ve lost some players again in this summer window.
“The board have got to stick with him, and that may be difficult for them to do.
But changing at Wolves would almost guarantee they’d be going down.
“O’Neil’s got the ability to turn it round, he’s had some unlucky results – I don’t think it’s been necessarily bad performances through this season.”
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Arne Slot has already decided whether Luis Diaz or Cody Gakpo will start for Liverpool against Wolves
After thrashing West Ham on Wednesday, Liverpool already face another matchday coming quickly over the hill.
The Reds head to Wolves on Saturday as they go in search of three more Premier League points.
Molineux is never an especially easy place to go to – as Liverpool found out back in 2023 – but with Wolves on a run of three consecutive losses, Arne Slot should be confident of a win.
In contrast to Gary O’Neil’s side, the Reds are in full flight right now. With three wins on the spin, Liverpool are looking good.
A huge part of that trio of victories has been the Reds attack. Liverpool have scored 11 goals during wins against AC Milan, Bournemouth and West Ham.
The Liverpool squad has such depth in attack and with both Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz in brilliant form on the left-wing, Slot has a big call to make surrounding who starts on Saturday. Interestingly, it has now been claimed that the Liverpool head coach has already made his decision.
Luis Diaz set to return for Liverpool
Gakpo was one of Liverpool’s best players against West Ham. The Dutchman looked determined to prove a point and duly did so.
Two lovely finishes in injury time underlined what he can offer Liverpool when cutting in from wide positions onto his right foot.
