Online Reporter
NOTTINGHAM Forest have appointed Vitor Pereira on an 18-month deal as the 57-year-old becomes the club’s fourth manager of the campaign.
The Portuguese takes over at the City Ground from Sean Dyche, who was sacked last Thursday, and one of his tasks will be to help Forest avoid relegation from the Premier League.
They are 17th in the top flight, three points above the drop zone, after two wins in their last 10 games.
Pereira, who formerly coached Zimbabwe international Marshal Munetsi at Wolves, will take his first training session at Forest today and his first game in charge will be the first leg of the Europa League knock-out round play-off tie against his former club Fenerbahce in Turkey on Thursday.
Pereira is not new to such a task, having helped Wolves survive relegation last season, before a disastrous start to this season. During his Wolves stay, he was clear about his feelings for Munetsi, whom he considered as one of his best players.
The appointment by Forest however breaks a record as no club in Premier League history have ever completed a season with four different permanent managers in charge of the club.
Pereira returns for another spell in English football, having been axed by Wolves in November after 11 months in charge. He follows Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Dyche as Forest manager since September.
They sacked Dyche after being held to a disappointing goalless draw by bottom club Wolves last Wednesday.
Pereira, who won 14 of his 38 games in charge of Wolves and helped them stay up last season, quickly emerged as the preferred replacement, having worked previously under Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis at Greek club Olympiacos. —BBC/Zimpapers Sports Hub
Peter Tanyanyiwa