Wolves Sack Manager Vitor Pereira After Miserable Start To Season—reports

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Wolverhampton Wanderers person parted ways pinch head Vítor Pereira aft a bitterly disappointing commencement to nan existent run which has near them rooted to nan bottommost of nan Premier League standings, aggregate reports person confirmed.

Pereira only joined Wolves successful December 2024 and earned plentifulness of plaudits for starring nan squad distant from a relegation battle, yet surviving nan driblet by a comfortable separator of 17 points.

This season, however, things person not gone to scheme for Pereira, whose Wolves broadside had grounded to triumph immoderate of their first 10 Premier League games of nan caller play and beryllium bottommost of nan standings pinch conscionable 2 points to their name.

Having endured a likewise miserable commencement to nan 2024–25 season, Wolves now person nan unwanted honour of being nan first squad successful Premier League history to neglect to triumph immoderate of their first 10 games successful successive campaigns.

Recent weeks saw Pereira conflict pinch supporters complete nan team’s direction, while nan early of striker Jørgen Strand Larsen besides proved to beryllium an unwelcome distraction aft a summertime of transportation liking from Newcastle United.

Security had to intervene aft Pereira fought pinch fans. / David Rogers/Getty Images

After Saturday’s conclusion to Fulham, Pereira insisted he would not discontinue from his position and vowed to move things around, but Wolves officials declined to springiness him nan chance to do so.

“I’m a fighter,” he said. “I ne'er springiness up. I’m not this benignant of person. I will effort my champion successful nan adjacent training to mentally retrieve nan team, to tactically retrieve nan organisation that we request for nan adjacent game.

“We request to bespeak astir what happened coming because it was not nan team. Before this game, if you look for nan Burnley game, if you look for nan Sunderland game, 1 half of nan clip we played successful a bully level, and nan different half of nan clip we struggled and didn’t play successful our level. We cannot play 1 half successful our level and nan different half successful a different level. We must beryllium consistent.

“Today, successful my mind, I thought we’;l spell there—changing immoderate players—and we tin show that we tin beryllium accordant successful a afloat game, but it was not nan case.

“If I’m happy, I’m happy, if I’m proud, I’m proud, but I cannot correspond that today. I americium not proud. I americium not happy, and we must play successful a amended level and we must springiness nan reply successful nan adjacent game.”