Nottingham Forest title Vitor Pereira as fourth supervisor of the season after Sean Dyche sacking

Nottingham Forest have announced their fourth manager of the season after sacking Sean Dyche earlier this week with the club locked in a relegation battle.

View Image

Nottingham Forest have announced their fourth manager of the season after sacking Sean Dyche.

Forest have turned to Forest have turned to Vitor Pereira, who last managed Wolves last season, as the man to steer them clear from the drop zone. In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Forest announced the news.

It read: “Nottingham Forest is delighted to confirm that Vítor Pereira has been appointed as Head Coach on an 18-month deal. Pereira began his managerial career in his homeland, Portugal, in 2002.

“After gaining extensive experience across the country, he took over Porto in 2011, where a hugely successful two-year spell saw him lead the club to back-to-back league titles.

” Having spent time at Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, Periera then moved to Olympiacos in January 2015 and went on to win the double with the Piraeus side.

“Adding to his wealth of experience at the top level around the world, Pereira has also managed Fenerbahçe in Turkey and Chinese Super League Club Shanghai SIPG, guiding the latter to their first ever league title in his debut campaign, before then winning the Chinese Super Cup.

“He has also had spells in charge of Brazilian clubs Corinthians and Flamengo. Most recently, he was Head Coach of Premier League club Wolves. Taking over with club in the relegation zone, Pereira led them to a six-game winning run which helped guide them to safety during the 2024/25 season.

“It was the longest winning run of any team in the top-flight last season, in a campaign which also saw Wolves score a club record number of goals in the Premier League. The 57-year-old now heads to Trentside on a deal that runs until the summer of 2027.

“He will be joined by coaching staff 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).”

This is a breaking sports story and is being constantly updated with the latest news, pictures and videos. Please refresh the page regularly.

You can also get email updates on the day’s biggest sports stories straight to your inbox by signing up for our sports newsletter.

Get all the very best sports news, pictures, opinion and video by following Daily Star every time you see our name.

Follow Daily Star on Google News – CLICK HERE and click the star

Follow Daily Star on Apple News – CLICK HERE available on Apple devices

Follow Daily Star on Flipboard – CLICK HERE and click followYou can also sign up for Twitter alerts for breaking news by following @‌DailyStar_Sport and follow us @‌dailystar for all the latest updates.