“People have got very short memories, changing at Wolves would almost guarantee they’d be going down, The board and the fans have got to stick with him”- Former Premier League CEO Keith Wyness urges Wolves board and fans to stick with Gary O’Neil as he claims sacking manager will guarantee relegation this season

Former Everton chief Keith Wyness has insisted Wolves would be “guaranteeing relegation” by sacking Gary O’Neil.

Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – suggested he can’t believe the Englishman is already under scrutiny, claiming “people have very short memories”.

Sources told football insider that O’Neil will face intense sack pressure at Wolves if the Midlands club’s results don’t improve in the near future. The Molineux club are bottom of the Premier League and are yet to win a top-flight game in the 2024-25 campaign.

Sources say O’Neil has “credit in the bank” with club chiefs after leading the Molineux club to a 14th-place finish last term following huge player sales.

Wyness told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “People have got very short memories.

“He did a great job last season and had them performing so much better than Wolves deserved to be with the resources he had.

“They’ve lost some players again in this summer window.

“The board and the fans have got to stick with him, and that may be difficult for them to do.

“But changing at Wolves would almost guarantee they’d be going down.

“O’Neil’s got the ability to turn it round, he’s had some unlucky results – I don’t think it’s been necessarily bad performances through this season.”