'I woke up one morning to a lot of messages on my phone' - Rob Edwards lifts the lid on shocking Wolves exit

Rob Edwards has lifted the lid on his shock Wolves sacking - confirming he found out about his impending departure via social media.

Speaking with former Wolves manager Mick McCarthy and ex-West Brom boss Tony Pulis on The Managers Podcast, Edwards revealed the details around his surprise exit in June.

Despite the manner of his sacking, Edwards wished Wolves well and expects them to be in the mix for promotion under Cesar Peixoto this season.

He said: “We only had one transfer window, which was a challenge, then we started the summer and made a couple of good signings and things we thought were picking up.

“We were really pleased to get, first of all, Tripps (Kieran Trippier) over the line and then I was away on holiday in Greece. We'd been working hard behind the scenes and the club had been working hard on securing Raul Jimenez - I got the call on that a couple of days before, which was great.

“And then I woke up one morning to a lot of messages on my phone and one of our children knocking on the the door and just calling my wife out to say ‘have you seen all this?’

“I think, yeah, we'd seen stuff then on the socials, so then that was that.”

Edwards had left high-flying Championship outfit Middlesbrough to replace Vitor Pereira in November 2025, with Wolves winless in the Premier League and sitting on just two points.

He lost his first seven matches in charge before finally picking up a point at Manchester United on December 30 and then guiding Wolves to their first win of the season over West Ham four days later.

They signed Adam Armstrong for £7million and Angel Gomes on loan during the January transfer window with one eye on rebuilding for the following season back in the Championship.

But Edwards said: “We never got it to where we wanted it because it was going to be about building it for this season and going forward.

“But what I think we did in January, making a lot of decisions on people leaving and going with a smaller squad, we were trying to build towards then getting back up this season.

“And it’s fine, it’s done and I was disappointed of course because it meant a lot to me as well and it still does - I want the club to do well.”

He added: “Wolves are going to be right there and I'm sure they're going to be strong this year.

“They've got some really good players and I'm sure the manager will do really well, so, I don't wish ill on them at all, I want them to be successful.

“I knew going in it was going to be hard for me because I'm going back to the club that I've been associated for a long time, it's pretty local and I'm going to get some stick.

“I had to be realistic with it because everyone would do things differently and do it better, wouldn't they? Everyone.

“You got to go ‘alright. Yeah, cool. But you don't know what I know and why I'm making decisions. You don't know’.

“But you have to go, ‘alright, you do what you want to do and say what you want to say’. But I was fine because again I know we went down but I'm proud of what we were able to do.”