It’ll be four strikes and you’re out for Nottingham Forest if Vitor Pereira can’t keep the Tricky Trees in the Premier League.
Pereira was announced Forest’s fourth manager of the season on an 18-month contract after Evangelos Marinakis added Sean Dyche to the list of fired Forest bosses this season, a group that already included Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou.
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Forest confirmed the appointment on Sunday as Pereira will aim to do exactly what he did with Wolves last season.
“Nottingham Forest is delighted to confirm that Vitor Pereira has been appointed as Head Coach on an 18-month deal,” the club said in a statement.
They also announced that his staff will be: Filipe Jorge Monteiro Almeida (Assistant Coach), Luis Miguel Moreira Da Silva (Assistant Coach), Bruno Filipe Araujo De Moura (Head of Physical Performance and Opposition Analysis), and Pedro Simao Capela Silva Lopes (Opposition Analyst).
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The Portuguese manager, 57, pulled Wolves away from relegation last season. Pereira was hired in December 2024 and lifted the club as high as 13th before a 16th-place finish which included a run of six-straight wins.
But Wolves sold Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri this summer and Pereira was sacked after 10 winless weeks to start this Premier League season. They remain 20th right now with nine points, only two of which came under Pereira.
Vitor Pereira to Nottingham Forest — Will it work?
Let’s repeat the question: Will it work? Easily… though it might’ve worked just fine by keeping Dyche or — judging by West Ham’s results — Nuno.
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The good news for Pereira is that Dyche has Forest in decent stead. They’re above the drop zone and playing as well as they have this season, taking 35 shots but failing to score against Wolves, ironically, in a performance that cost Dyche his gig.
Forest are already above the bottom three and West Ham’s play has pulled other teams into the relegation fight as well. Pereira seems to be walking into a situation where he can appear to have fixed the situation if his forwards can just finish their chances, as only Morgan Gibbs-White has more than four goal contributions in Premier League play this year.
Pereira will make his debut Thursday in Turkiye against Fenerbahce in the first leg of a Europa League playoff tie before hosting Liverpool on Sunday, February 22. It doesn’t get easier from there, with Fener again, Brighton, Man City, and Fulham.
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