Wolves have launched their search to find a replacement for sacked manager Mick McCarthy and have not ruled out an interim replacement until the end of the season.

The former City defender’s five-and-a-half year reign at Molineux was ended this morning by chief executive Jez Moxey in a training-ground meeting, with Wolves having slid into the bottom three of the Premier League.

Sunday’s 5-1 home hammering by local rivals West Brom was the final straw. But Wolves’ previous alarming sequence of results since early-season optimism faded – just 14 points from the previous possible 66 – was the over-riding concern for club owner Steve Morgan and Moxey. Morgan said: “I’m afraid the board thought we had little or no choice.

The likes of Alan Curbishley, Steve Bruce and Neil Warnock have emerged as early favourites for the job. Tweet