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title: "Exclusive: Steve Howey refuses to rule Steven Gerrard out of Wolves job"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Jake Sanders"
section: "Exclusive"
published: "2021-05-26T05:10:42Z"
modified: "2021-05-26T05:10:42Z"
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# Exclusive: Steve Howey refuses to rule Steven Gerrard out of Wolves job

**Former Newcastle United defender Steve Howey believes that Steven Gerrard is a contender to become the next Wolves manager.**

The Midlands outfit were set for a fifth season under the guidance of Nuno Espirito Santo until last week’s shock announcement.

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Just over 48 hours before Wolves rounded off their third campaign in the Premier League against Manchester United, Santo confirmed that he’ll be [leaving](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57204075) after four years in charge at Molineux.

Former Benfica boss Bruno Lage has quickly [emerged as the favourite](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/21/nuno-espirito-santo-to-step-down-as-wolves-manager-at-end-of-season) to replace Santo, but Howey believes that Rangers manager Gerrard would consider the vacant position at Wolves.

Gerrard has just led the Glasgow giants to their first Scottish Premiership title for a decade, whilst also reaching 100 points and going the entire league campaign unbeaten – he currently has a [66%](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Gerrard) win record north of the border.

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The 40-year-old will no doubt have one eye on the Liverpool job, although with Jurgen Klopp unlikely to end his five-and-a-half year stay at Anfield any time soon, another Premier League position could appeal to the Reds legend.

Howey told [**The Transfer Tavern**](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/):

*“He’s done a magnificent job at Rangers. They’ve gone a full season unbeaten, won the league by a country mile.*

*“The last game against Celtic they blew them away. It’s a possibility, it’s a nice club, it’s always been a lovely club, nice ground. Would it appeal to him? Possibly.”*