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Report: Middlesbrough have already held talks with ‘very talented’ manager to replace Wilder, Gibson rates him
Middlesbrough ♛have already held talks with former Watford manager Rob Edwards over replacing sacked boss Chris Wilder.
🔜The say that Edwards and Bournemouth caretaker manager Gary O’Neil are both in the frame to take over at the Riverside Stadium.
🌳Discussions have already taken place with Edwards, and Boro chairman Steve Gibson and head of football Kieran Scott rate him for what he did with Forest Green in League Two.
🐟The pair want a new manager in place by the time Boro face Millwall at the weekend, so things are expected to move quickly.

Rob Edwards holds talks with Middlesbrough
💟O’Neil is of course trying to audition for the Bournemouth job, which would see him get a Premier League gig at the first time of asking.
▨Keeping the Cherries afloat is a huge ask, but he may fancy a crack at it, although Wilder could easily pitch up on the south coast.
ꦡOn paper, Wilder was a real coup, given the work he did with Sheffield United but it did not click for him at Boro, and he was sacked with the club 22nd in the table.
🔯When Edwards was appointed manager of Watford, former England manager Roy Hodgson praised him, saying as per the : “They’ve obviously appointed a very talented young coach.
✃“I know exactly what he’s done at Forest Green and I know the success he’s had there.”
𓆏At Forest Green, Edwards managed Jamille Matt, who told the “Man management-wise, he’s (Rob Edwards) the best I’ve worked under.”