Vitor Pereira is making a swift return to the Premier League as Sean Dyche’s successor at Nottingham Forest.
The nomadic Portuguese coach, who was sacked by Wolverhampton Wanderers final November, was formally appointed as the brand new Forest boss Sunday on an 18-month contract.
The East Midlands outfit is the primary membership in Premier League historical past to have 4 completely different everlasting head coaches in the identical season.
Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis axed Dyche on Wednesday shortly after his staff drew 0-0 with Wolves regardless of having 35 photographs on the Metropolis Floor. Dyche lasted lower than 4 months and his predecessor, Ange Postecoglou, spent solely 39 days on the helm. Nuno Espirito Santo secured a spot within the Europa League final season, however he was sacked simply three matches into the 2025-26 marketing campaign attributable to a fallout with Marinakis over the membership’s switch exercise.
Pereira labored underneath Marinakis when he was in control of Olympiacos in 2015. He’ll be tasked with conserving relegation-threatened Forest within the Premier League this season.
The underside eight
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Membership
GD
Factors
13
Crystal Palace
-4
32
14
Brighton
0
31
15
Leeds United
-9
30
16
Tottenham Hotspur
-1
29
17
Nottingham Forest
-13
27
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West Ham United
-17
24
⬇️
Burnley
-23
18
⬇️
Wolves
-32
9
For the reason that flip of the 12 months, Nottingham Forest have crushed West Ham United and Brentford and likewise earned a good draw in opposition to Arsenal. Nevertheless, a wretched festive spell of 4 straight defeats and their current run of 1 level from matches in opposition to Crystal Palace, Leeds United, and Wolves have put Forest at severe threat of dropping into the Championship.
Forest return to motion for the opening leg of their Europa League knockout-round playoff with Fenerbahce on Feb. 19. The staff then turns its consideration again to Premier League survival with a go to from Liverpool on Feb. 22.
