Wolves have made QPR boss Michael Beale their number one target to fill the vacant managerial role at Molineux after sacking their former manager, Bruno Lage, earlier this month.
The Midlands club took their time in replacing Lage and initially had former Sevilla manager Julen Lopetegui as their preference to take over as manager of the club.
However, the Spaniard turned down the role for family reasons, talkSPORT reports, and that has prompted Wolves to look elsewhere.
Since then, three names have emerged for the job, which are former Wolves boss Nuno Espírito Santo, Peter Bosz and QPR’s Michael Beale, and it is the QPR manager that the Premier League club has decided to approach, reports the BBC.
Beale only took charge of Loftus Road in June after leaving his role as Steven Gerrard’s assistant at Aston Villa and has the London club firmly in contention for promotion to the Premier League after an impressive start.
The 42-year-old stated after QPR victory over Cardiff last night on the rumors of the Wolves via the BBC: “Until I hear otherwise, it’s just speculation,
“When you are doing well that will come. The club has not come to tell me that it has had an approach for me”.
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According to The Guardian, a key factor in why Beale is likely to get the job is the fact that English can speak Portuguese.
Beale previously trained in São Paulo and that’s where he picked up the language, which is a big plus for Wolves given that 11 of their first-team squad speak Portuguese as their first language.
Wolves’ search for a new manager is likely to intensify in the coming days and it will be seen whether it is the QPR boss or someone else.
