Nottingham Forest: Vitor Pereira has been announced as the new coach for 18 months

Nottingham Forest The club have appointed Vitor Pereira on an 18-month contract, making the 57-year-old the club’s fourth manager this season.

The Portuguese takes over at City Ground from Sean Dyche, who was sacked on Thursday, and one of his tasks will be to help Forest avoid relegation from the Premier League.

The team is ranked 17th in the First Division, three points away from the relegation zone, after two wins in the last 10 matches.

Pereira’s first match will be a Europa League preliminary round first leg against his former club Fenerbahce in Turkey on Thursday, before Forest host Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday, February 22.

Pereira returns for another spell in English football, having been sacked by Wolves in November after 11 months in charge.

He succeeds Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Deitsch as technical director of forestry since September.

They sacked Deche after their disappointing goalless draw with Wolverhampton on Wednesday.

Pereira, who won 14 of Wolves’ 38 matches and helped them survive last season, quickly emerged as a preferred replacement, having previously worked under Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis at Greek club Olympiacos.

He won the title and the Greek Cup in the 2014-2015 season during the six months he spent in office, before leaving for Fenerbahce.

Pereira joined Wolverhampton in December 2024, but was sacked three months ago and the team had two points from its first 10 league matches.

He began his coaching career with Portuguese club Sanguanense in 2004, and after spells in Germany, China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, took up his 15th position.

Pereira’s coaching staff will include Felipe Jorge Montero Almeida and Luis Miguel Moreira da Silva as his assistant coaches.