Overview
- The club confirmed the 57-year-old’s arrival and 18-month contract, making him the fourth permanent head coach this campaign.
- Sean Dyche was sacked after a 0-0 home draw with bottom club Wolves, ending his 114-day tenure hours after the final whistle.
- Forest sit 17th in the Premier League, three points above the relegation zone with 12 games remaining, and Pereira’s brief is to secure survival.
- Pereira previously worked for owner Evangelos Marinakis at Olympiacos, won a domestic double there, kept Wolves up in 2024/25, and was dismissed by them in November after a poor start this season.
- His first matches are the Europa League play-off first leg at Fenerbahçe on Feb 19 and Liverpool at the City Ground on Feb 22; assistants Filipe Almeida and Luis Moreira Da Silva join along with analysts Bruno De Moura and Pedro Capela Silva Lopes.