Nottingham Forest have confirmed the appointment of Vítor Pereira as their fourth head coach of the season. The former Wolves manager takes over from Sean Dyche, who was sacked on Thursday, on a contract until June 2027.
Pereira inherits a team one place and three points above the relegation zone. Dyche lasted 25 matches after replacing Ange Postecoglou, who was given eight games as the successor to Nuno Espírito Santo.
Pereira’s first fixture is at Fenerbahce on Thursday in the Europa League, before a home match against Liverpool three days later. The Portuguese, who has worked under Forest’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis, at Olympiakos, was sacked by Wolves last November after saving them from relegation the previous season.
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Pereira was nominated for the Premier League’s manager of the year award last season after sparking an immediate uplift at Wolves and Forest hope the 57-year-old will have a similar impact at the City Ground.
It is thought Marinakis’s long-term target is Marco Silva, who succeeded Pereira at Olympiakos, but it remains to be seen whether Forest try to tempt Silva to the club when his contract at Fulham expires this summer.
Forest’s squad will report for training on Monday having been given the weekend off after the club were knocked out of the FA Cup third round by Wrexham last month, a game that proved the beginning of the end for Dyche. Some senior players voiced concerns about Dyche’s methods and Marinakis grew concerned at the team’s direction of travel.
Pereira counts Fenerbahce among his 13 former clubs and had two spells coaching in Istanbul, in 2015-16 and 2021.
