Premier League: Wolves hire Pereira from Saudi Pro League’s Al Shabab

Vitor Pereira exits Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab to acquire instant accuse at the English Premier League strugglers.

Premier League struggler Wolverhampton Wanderers have employd much-travelled coach Vitor Pereira from Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab.

The 56-year-elderly Pereira acquires over a team in next-to-last place in England’s top fairy, with equitable two prospers from 16 games. Wolves are five points from protectedty approaching the halfway point in the league.

Gary O’Neil was fired on Sunday — a day after a 2-1 loss to relegation rival Ipswich Town — after 16 months in accuse.

“Pereira has acquiren training at Compton Park for the first time on Thursday and will be in accuse when Wolves travel to Leicester City this weekend,” Wolves shelp in a statement in progress of the Premier League clash at King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Wolves have phelp the free claemploy in Pereira’s tight with Al Shabab with the Portuguese signing an 18-month deal at Molineux.

Welcome to Wolves, Vitor 🤝

— Wolves (@Wolves) December 19, 2024

Folloprosperg the suit at Leicester, Wolves face Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur tardyr this month.

“This is a challenging moment for the club, and we want to thank Vitor for taking on this responsibility,” Wolves chairman Jeff Shi shelp.

“We have filled confidence in his ability to direct us back on track, aprolongedside the take parters and staff, and the entire club will be united in helping him to accomplish success.”

Pereira first made a name for himself at Porto as helpant to Andre Villas-Boas, who left to unite Chelsea in 2011 leaving his protégé to acquire over as handler of the Portuguese side.

Pereira won the Primeira Liga twice with Porto, before signing with Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli in 2013 and commencening a globe-trotting nurtureer that would see him handle clubs such as Olympiakos Piraeus, Fenerbahce, Shanghai Port and Ffeeblengo.

Al Shabab are currently sixth in the Saudi Pro League after 13 games and are 13 points adrift of directer Al-Ittihad, with seven prospers and four losss to their name this season.

The squad are currently in Qatar for a training camp before their next league repairture at another of Pereira’s establisher clubs, Al Ahli, on January 10.