{"id":18557,"date":"2025-04-14T06:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18557\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T06:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:43:50","slug":"efl-legend-regretted-turning-down-the-wolves-job-for-leeds-united-i-shouldve-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18557\/","title":{"rendered":"EFL legend regretted turning down the Wolves job for Leeds United, \u2018I\u00a0should\u2019ve\u00a0gone\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wolves fans have been blessed to see some great managers bless Molineux while others they would rather not think about. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wolves\u2019<\/a> most successful manager in the modern era is undoubtedly Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a>. The Portuguese boss, who is currently flying at Nottingham Forest, led the Old Gold to consecutive Europa League campaigns. <\/p>\n

He was also largely responsible for bringing some unbelievable players to Molineux<\/a>, most notably Ruben Neves, Diogo Jota, Joao Moutinho and Raul Jimenez, to name a few. <\/p>\n

Although supporters are left feeling a sense of envy that Nuno is leading the Reds into the Champions League, they\u2019re happy that Vitor Pereira<\/a> is guiding them to survival. <\/p>\n

Pereira has been \u2018superb\u2019<\/a> since joining the club in December, and their turnaround under the 56-year-old is magnificent. But while they\u2019re enjoying his first five months in charge, fans will always remember one man who turned down the job. <\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Ian Walton\/Getty ImagesNeil Warnock regretted turning down Wolves job in 2012<\/p>\n

In the 2011\/12 campaign, Wolves were fighting against relegation and were on the lookout for a new manager after sacking Mick McCarthy in February 2012. <\/p>\n

The Old Gold were in real trouble at the bottom of the table and needed someone to perform a rescue act to keep them afloat in the division. <\/p>\n

Wolves offered the job to EFL legend Neil Warnock, and although he was close to moving to Molineux, the veteran rejected it after being offered the role at Leeds United by chairman Ken Bates. <\/p>\n

However, Warnock regretted that decision months down the line, as he was sacked by the Whites in April 2013 with the Whites five points off the relegation places. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Seamen Says podcast in February, Warnock said: \u201cI should\u2019ve gone to Wolves, I went to see the chairman and I liked him,\u201d Warnock said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI blame James (Warnock\u2019s son) he talked me into Leeds. It was the right club at the wrong time.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertain things happened at Leeds which I didn\u2019t deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

What happened after Wolves missed out on Warnock<\/p>\n

Warnock perhaps wishes he could have turned back the clocks and taken the Wolves\u2019 job instead. <\/p>\n

While that is the case, the veteran does hold the record for the most promotions in English football with eight and took Cardiff City into the Premier League in 2017\/18. <\/p>\n

Wolves fans, meanwhile, won\u2019t want to remember what happened after Warnock snubbed a move to Molineux, as the Wanderers hired Stale Solbakken, sacked him in January 2013 and were then relegated to League One under Dean Saunders. <\/p>\n

Of course, Wolves eventually bounced back into the second tier as champions in the following year but their landslide into the third tier was a depressing time to watch the club. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wolves fans have been blessed to see some great managers bless Molineux while others they would rather not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,12321,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-18557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-neil-warnock","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114334968288008986","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}