Wolves part ways with set piece coach

The decision to part ways with Wilson has come jointly between head coach Gary O'Neil and the club's hierarchy, after a general consensus that the move had not worked out.

It is understood Wilson had not integrated well into Wolves' backroom team and in recent weeks he was also demoted from his place on the bench.

Wilson started the season on the bench and would stand up in the technical area during set pieces, but he was replaced by first team coach Ian Burchnall and had to instead settle for a seat behind the dugout, with the Premier League limiting the number of coaches allowed on the bench.

He now departs with Wolves not targeting a replacement in the short-term.

Speaking in July when Wilson was appointed and joined Wolves on pre-season tours of Spain and America, O'Neil said: “Set plays are a huge part of the game now and the numbers we managed to achieve on them last year were good, but I was fortunate enough to meet Jack and look through some of his work. I don’t meet too many people who go into as much detail on gameplans as I do, but Jack is one of the closest I’ve ever met to being as extreme in his detail.

“I’m delighted to be able to take him from Manchester City and he’ll be a huge asset to us. The fact we got him in early, for the whole of pre-season, is important for the boys because we’ve started to do a little bit of work and it will start to stand us in good stead for the season.

“He’s got some really interesting ideas around set plays and how things should be done. Last year, as a coaching team, you work hard on set plays, but you all have other roles and jobs you need to fulfil at the same time, but Jack’s focus can be purely on set plays. His purpose is to make Wolves better at set plays and he can knuckle down and get into the details, and the players have responded well.

“If you stand still for a moment in football, you get left behind quickly because it’s moving on tactically. People are trying to gain small margins and it’s important we do what we think we need to do. It’s a fantastic one for the club to get done.”

Wilson was poached from Premier League champions Manchester City, where he spent two years as first team performance analyst for set pieces.

Prior to that he was a first team performance analyst at Brentford for two years, while he has also worked with the Irish FA, Hearts and Dundee United.