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Vitor Pereira is leaving Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab to take immediate charge of the English Premier League strugglers.
Premier League strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers have signed manager Vitor Pereira from Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab.
Pereira, 56, takes over a side in penultimate place in England’s top flight, with just two wins in 16 games. Wolves are five points from safety to move close to halfway in the league.
Gary O’Neil was sacked on Sunday, a day after a 2-1 defeat at relegation rivals Ipswich Town, after 16 months in charge.
“Pereira trained at Compton Park for the first time on Thursday and will be in charge when Wolves travel to Leicester City this weekend,” Wolves said in a statement ahead of the Premier League clash at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
Wolves have paid the release clause in Pereira’s Al Shabab contract with the Portuguese signing an 18-month deal at Molineux.
Welcome to Wolves, Vitor 🤝
— Wolves (@Wolves) December 19, 2024
After the game in Leicester, Wolves face Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur later this month.
“This is a difficult time for the club, and we want to thank Vitor for taking on this responsibility,” Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said.
“We have full confidence in his ability to guide us back on track, along with the players and staff, and the whole club will be united in supporting him to achieve success.”
Pereira made his name at Porto as assistant to Andre Villas-Boas, who left to join Chelsea in 2011 leaving his protégé to take over as manager of the Portuguese side.
Pereira won the Primeira Liga twice with Porto, before signing for Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli in 2013 and embarking on a globe-trotting career that would see him manage clubs including Olympiakos Piraeus, Fenerbahce, Shanghai Port and Flamengo .
Al Shabab are currently sixth in the Saudi Pro League after 13 games and are 13 points adrift of leaders Al-Ittihad, with seven wins and four defeats to their name this season.
The squad is currently in Qatar for a training camp ahead of their next league game at another of Pereira’s former clubs, Al Ahli, on January 10.
let’s go! 💪🏼🤍🖤
The start of the Doha camp 🏕️ pic.twitter.com/A329LVbu0g— AlShabab Saudi Club (@AlShabab_EN) December 18, 2024
