Meet new Wolves boss Vitor Pereira, the fiery journeyman who fans blocked from getting job with Premier League rivals
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VITOR PEREIRA is the latest in a long line of Jorge Mendes’ clients to be handed the top job at Wolves. The notoriously hotheaded Portuguese boss was announced Gary O'Neil's replacement at Molineux on Thursday afternoon, on an 18-month contract. And anyone expecting Pereira to tow the party line at Wanderers should check out how he responded to an attempted press conference muzzling in Saudi Arabia.
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Pereira, when boss of Al Ahli in the 2013-14 campaign, began a rant castigating a player as "a bad professional" when the press officer conducting the media briefing cut him off. The manager was told not to focus on individuals, prompting a furious tirade from an incensed Pereira who raged: "My friend, I talk about what I want. This is the first time in my life that someone tells me what I can say!".
![[The journeyman coach almost took charge of Everton in 2022]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2022-wolverhampton-wanderers-agreed-deal-958118295.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
If Wolves’ pressers are anything like as animated under the 56-year-old, then they could well be compelling viewing for the rest of the season. O’Neil - and in so doing, gone back to Mendes. The Portuguese super agent, who famously managed the careers of Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho, was the man behind the appointments of Walter Zenga, Nuno Espirito Santo, Bruno Lage and Julen Lopetegui.
![[The Portuguese takes over from Gary O'Neil who was sacked earlier this month]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/file-photo-dated-04-12-957640084_9bc306.jpg?strip=all&w=756)
Fosun had gone in a different direction with O’Neil but have seemingly reverted to type with the club in serious danger of relegation. On the face of it, Pereira is the most journeyman of journeyman managers, with Wolves his ELEVENTH post since succeeding Andre Villas-Boas as Porto boss in 2011.
![[Everton fans' graffiti on Goodison Park made clear their feeling about Peirera]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pereira-lampard-spray-painted-goodison-707572031.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
