NOTTINGHAM FOREST confirmed the appointment of Vitor Pereira as their new head coach today, just three days after Sean Dyche’s exit.

The 57-year-old Portuguese has been handed the task of dragging the club away from the fringes of the Premier League relegation zone.

A club statement said: “Nottingham Forest is delighted to confirm that Vitor Pereira has been appointed as head coach on an 18-month deal.

“He will be joined by coaching staff Filipe Jorge Monteiro Almeida [assistant coach], Luis Miguel Moreira Da Silva [assistant coach], Bruno Filipe Araujo De Moura [head of physical performance and opposition analysis] and Pedro Simao Capela Silva Lopes [opposition analyst].”

Pereira becomes Forest’s fourth boss this season after Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Dyche, who was sacked in the early hours of Thursday morning after a 0-0 home draw with bottom-of-the-table Wolves left the club sitting just three points above the bottom three.

The side he inherits has won just once in its last five league games and faces Fenerbahce – one of the new head coach’s former clubs – in Turkey in the Europa League play-offs on Thursday.