Wolverhampton Wanderers have named Vitor Pereira as their new head coach, the Premier League strugglers revealed Thursday.
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The 56-year-old, who has won league championships in Portugal, Greece and China, has left Saudi Pro League team Al Shabab to join Wolves.
He signed an 18-month deal after the Midlands club, which is fighting to escape relegation, fired Gary O’Neil.
Pereira was on the verge of replacing Rafael Benitez as Everton’s manager in 2022.
Throughout his vast managing career, the Portuguese manager has won two Primeira Liga titles with Porto and the Greek Super League with Olympiakos.
Wolves announced that Pereira had his first practice with the team on Thursday.
He will be in charge of their away game against fellow relegation contenders Leicester, who are five points higher in the standings on Sunday.
O’Neil was fired after Wolves lost to Ipswich 2-1 at home on Saturday, reports UK Sports.
After their fourth straight defeat, dropping them to second bottom of the Premier League with nine points from 16 games.
O’Neil got a new four-year contract with the club in August of this year.
This was after being hired in August 2023 during the period that Julen Lopetegui left the club.
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