The Italian departs and Wolves revert back to square one. The Fosun group have a long way to go before they realise their Premier League dream.
In hindsight, it was never likely to last. Wolverhampton Wanderers, flush with cash after a high-profile takeover by an ambitious ownership group demanding an almost immediate return to Premier League football, appointing a man tallying 11 different managerial jobs in a decade was less a recipe for disaster, more an instant ready meal destined for tragedy.
The club confirmed the sacking of Walter Zenga on Tuesday afternoon to bring an end to weeks of speculation and, with Wolves dropping to 18th after a promising start a glut of high-profile arrivals, little else could have been expected.
Immediately apparent from his debut press conference, in which he laughably insisted that Wolves are the biggest English club’s in the eyes of Italians, it was clear that Zenga’s reign would be far from conventional. He was, to say the least, slightly different to previous incumbent Kenny Jackett.
However, his frustrating refusal to rotate his squad, or get the best out of club-record signing Ivan Cavaleiro (below), meant Wolves failed to deliver on their early-season promise.
If a run of four Championship games without a win had the club’s Chinese owners twitching over the trigger, a home defeat to Leeds at the weekend put Zenga out of his misery just 87 days and 14 games after he arrived.
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