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“I don’t think we’d be in this position if Rob Edwards was still here. I think what’s happened with him going has actually given us momentum to go forward. The players want to prove him wrong and certainly the fans as well.
“[Adi] Viveash played a key role in it with the handover. I think we will move forward and we will get better.
“Certainly me and the Boro supporters
Hellberg is Boro’s second managerial appointment in five months, with Edwards departing for Wolves just 14 games into his tenure at the Riverside.
Having been in charge at Hammarby for the past two seasons, Hellberg led the Stockholm-based club to successive second-placed finishes in Sweden’s top-flight Allsvenskan.
Hellberg, who spent his playing career in the Swedish lower leagues, had a year to run on his deal with Hammarby.
He began
There is no doubting Wolves’ endeavour, they worked hard for Edwards but there is a glaring lack of quality and belief in the squad.
That low confidence will sap the skill Jorgen Strand Larsen demonstrated by scoring 14 goals last season, or the energy and class which Andre and Joao Gomes have previously shown in midfield.
It will be up to Edwards and his staff to help them rediscover that
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Rob Edwards has described the decision to leave Middlesbrough as “one of the toughest decisions” in his life in a statement released on his instagram account.
Edwards told supporters he “wouldn’t have considered leaving for any other club” aside from Wolves, where he began his coaching career and made 111 appearances as a player.
“Middlesbrough is a incredible club, with a fantastic owner, staff and passionate supporters,”
Edwards leaves Middlesbrough second in the Championship table, five points behind leaders Coventry City.
Wolves, meanwhile, are rooted to the bottom of the top-flight table after a poor start to the season in which they have picked up just two points from their opening 11 league games.
Edwards will be joined at Wolves by Harry Watling, who takes on the role of assistant head coach and was part of his
Middlesbrough assistant manager Ali Viveash told BBC Radio Tees:
“Today was about the players and the fans and they dovetailed together, they suffered together and we’ve come out on the right side of a really important victory.
“The positives were; the resilience, the grit, the fight that we showed.
“We dominated the opening 20 minutes, could have been two or three up. Dael took his chance and it took us
Boss Rob Edwards has been stood down from Middlesbrough’s game against Birmingham on Saturday amid Wolves’ interest in appointing him as their new manager.
Wolves saw an approach to speak to Edwards rejected by Boro on Thursday and the manager was locked in talks with members of the Championship club’s hierarchy on Friday.
Edwards did not hold his regular pre-game news conference or oversee the team’s final training session before
Wolves have made an approach to Middlesbrough about appointing Rob Edwards as their new head coach.
BBC Sport reported on Sunday that former Luton manager Edwards was among the leading contenders to replace Vitor Pereira, who was sacked following Wolves’ 10-game winless start to the Premier League season.
Wolves held talks with former boss Gary O’Neil, but the 42-year-old withdrew from the running on Monday.
Former Wolves player Edwards, also
Bristol City hope to have centre-back Rob Atkinson back before Christmas but his hamstring injury is “not good”, said head coach Gerhard Struber.
Atkinson went off just after half-time in the 5-1 defeat by Stoke on Saturday, having started all 13 of the Robins’ Championship matches to that point.
“We know that Rob will be out for the next weeks; we are in exchange with the specialists at the moment,
Rob Edwards and Gary O’Neil are two of the early names in the frame to replace Vitor Pereira as manager of Wolves.
Pereira was sacked on Sunday following the team’s 10-match winless start to the Premier League season.
And Edwards and O’Neil – both of who have historic links to the club – are among the names to be considered by the Wolves ownership.
Edwards is currently at Middlesbrough, which