Wolves chief Moxey denies sounding out candidates before McCarthy axe

Wolves chief Jez Moxey insists they weren't sounding out candidates for the manager's job before Mick McCarthy's sacking.

Moxey is adamant that Wolves had not started to look elsewhere for a potential manager until after McCarthy was informed of his fate at a training ground meeting yesterday morning.

He said: "I like to think that we are football professionals, so we understand what is happening in the market place, that we understand who is and who isn't around.

"It's part of our job. It's like a manager who has to scout players. But there wasn't any plot in the background.

"At no point was any phone call made by anybody at Wolverhampton Wanderers to any potential manager prior to the point of us telling Mick McCarthy, the players and the staff of the situation.

"That's when the calls started."