Vitor Pereira agrees to become Nottingham Forest head coach | OneFootball

Vitor Pereira has agreed to become Nottingham Forest head coach. The club dismissed Sean Dyche after less than four months, the decision coming after Wednesday’s goalless draw with bottom-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers.

As reported by The Athletic, Forest had identified the former Wolves boss as a leading option and talks were advancing. Appointed at Molineux in December 2024, he oversaw an upturn that kept Wolves up, then was sacked in November after failing to win any of their first 10 league games, and has been out of work since. By April, they were 12 points clear of the relegation places.

Dyche was the third Forest coach sacked this season, following Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou. He had been under contract until 2027.

Dyche, 54, was appointed in October to replace Postecoglou with Forest in 18th, after the club contacted Roberto Mancini and weighed an approach for Fulham’s Marco Silva.

Forest have won only three of their last 13 games in all competitions and are three points above 18th-placed West Ham.

Pereira’s first assignment is the Europa League play-off first leg at Fenerbahce in Türkiye next Thursday. His priority is to keep Forest in the Premier League, for a club that waited 23 years to return via the 2022 play-offs.

Source: NY Times