Wolves chief Moxey reveals reasons for McCarthy sacking

Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey has revealed the overriding factor for Mick McCarthy’s dismissal as manager today.

The 53-year old was sacked after five-and-a-half-years in charge at The Molineux in the wake of yesterday’s disastrous 5-1 Black Country derby loss to West Bromwich Albion and Moxey insists the club would certainly have been relegated if McCarthy remained at the helm.

"We did a lot of soul-searching overnight and the board convened by telephone to discuss the current predicament,” he told Sky Sports News.

"We felt with a two-week break before our next game at Newcastle, and the fact we've got 14 points from our last 22 matches, there was enough time with 13 games to go for us to try and retrieve the situation. We felt we had to make the change.

"This has been done with a hugely heavy heart - Mick McCarthy has done a fantastic job for the past five-and-a-half years in an exemplary manner.

"He got us promoted as champions, the first time we had won anything for over 20 years, retained our Premier League status for two years running and we're still in the Premier League.

"But we felt the team was only going one way and we needed to act. We've got time to get in a new manager and arrest the decline.

"We felt if we didn't do something we would almost certainly be relegated."

 

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