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 last November, was officially appointed as the new Forest boss Sunday on an 18-month contract.
The East Midlands outfit is the first club in Premier League history to have four different permanent head coaches in the same season.
Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis axed Dyche on Wednesday shortly after his team drew 0-0 with Wolves despite having 35 shots at the City Ground. Dyche lasted less than four months and his predecessor, Ange Postecoglou, spent only 39 days at the helm. Nuno Espirito Santo secured a place in the Europa League last season, but he was sacked just three matches into the 2025-26 campaign due to a fallout with Marinakis over the club’s transfer activity.
Pereira worked under Marinakis when he was in charge of Olympiacos in 2015. He’ll be tasked with keeping relegation-threatened Forest in the Premier League this season.
The bottom eight
| # | Club | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Crystal Palace | -4 | 32 |
| 14 | Brighton | 0 | 31 |
| 15 | Leeds United | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | -1 | 29 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | -13 | 27 |
| ⬇️ | West Ham United | -17 | 24 |
| ⬇️ | Burnley | -23 | 18 |
| ⬇️ | Wolves | -32 | 9 |
Since the turn of the year, Nottingham Forest have beaten West Ham United and Brentford and also earned a respectable draw against Arsenal. However, a wretched festive spell of four straight defeats and their recent run of one point from matches against Crystal Palace, Leeds United, and Wolves have put Forest at serious risk of dropping into the Championship.
Forest return to action for the opening leg of their Europa League knockout-round playoff with Fenerbahce on Feb. 19. The team then turns its attention back to Premier League survival with a visit from Liverpool on Feb. 22.