Oleg luzhny was without a doubt, a failure at Molineux, he only made six league starts plus four in the cup. We needed someone with Premiership experience who we could rely on to step up and take control of the team. I expected a lot more from a player who made 75 appearances for Arsneal and was highly thought of by Arsene Wenger.
It might not be something as Wolves fans you really think about but what did Luzhny get up to after his time at Wolves?
In truth he didn't do an awful lot at first.
I couldn't imagine anyone would really want to move to somewhere like Latvia but Luzhny didn't really have a choice. The Ukrainian was getting on a bit and with his reputation in tatters, the little know FK Venta signed him as player-coach in 2005. Venta unfortunaly ran into financial difficulties so Luzhny was released in June 2006.
Luzhny, who is a big celebrity in his native Ukraine, went back to his former club, Dynamo Kiev. The 41-year-old was named caretaker manager in November 2007 and to be fair to the Ukrainian, he held the fought quite well. Despite defeats to Man United, Sporting Lisbon and Roma in the Champions League, Kiev won all three of their league matches including an impressive win over rivals, Shaktar Donetsk.
Luzhny didn't impress enough to be handed the job permanently but he was named assistant coach.
Luzhny might be making a name for himself in the coaching game but I don't know how he was named the fourth best Ukranian player of the 20th century after an abysmal spell playing in the Old Gold and Black and not doing much for Arsenal.
He might be well thought of in Ukraine but he certainly isn't in Wolverhampton.
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