Wolves will head into Saturday's Premier League clash at Newcastle still without a permanent manager after Walter Smith became the latest potential candidate to turn down the job.
Wolves have endured a frustrating search for a successor to Mick McCarthy, fired earlier this month in a bid to revive the club's flagging form.
So far a long line of high-profile candidates have been linked to the job, including Alan Curbishley, Gus Poyet and Smith, who became the latest man to reject the club's overtures on Thursday.
"I'm not going (to Wolves)," Smith said. "I was totally unsure whether I really wanted to do it or not. It was a purely personal thing, nothing to do with Wolves.
"There was never a face-to-face meeting and we never discussed finance. If someone asks you, you're pleased to be asked.
"But the longer you think about it, you start to ask yourself whether it was right."
With Smith removed from contention, former Sunderland manager Steve Bruce remains the favourite for the Molineux hotseat.
However Bruce is reportedly unwilling to take the job on a short-term basis, preferring a deal stretching beyond the end of the present campaign.
Caretaker boss Terry Connor will take charge of Saturday's match at Newcastle while Wolves are also believed to have made a tentative approach to former manager Dave Jones as a possible short-term appointment.
Source: AFP
Source: AFP