Nottingham Forest are at it again, with manager Vitor Pereira now jettisoned.
Evangelos Marinakis moving out yet another one.
That makes it four managers the Nottingham Forest owner has got rid of in less than 10 months.
The Forest supremo triggering a ‘mutual’ termination clause in Pereira’s contract.
This is despite Vitor Pereira guiding the club to Premier League safety and a Europa League semi-final.
Nuno was sacked on 8 September 2025, Ange Postecoglou then lasted less than six weeks, before Sean Dyche survived in the job for almost four months.
Vitor Pereira getting the job on 15 February 2026 and lasting three and a half months.
The City Ground club announcing: ‘Nottingham Forest can confirm that Vítor Pereira has left his role as Head Coach following the Club’s decision to exercise a mutual break clause in his contract. His coaching staff – Filipe Almeida, Luis Miguel, Bruno Moura, Marco Knoop and Pedro Lopes – have also left the club. We would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Vítor and his team for their hard work and commitment throughout their time at the club. They represented Forest with enormous dedication, helping to secure the club’s status in the Premier League, guiding the squad to the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, and providing us with the foundations upon which we will continue to build. Everyone at Nottingham Forest is grateful for their considerable efforts and for the relationships they forged with our players, staff and supporters. We thank them all for their service and wish them every success in the next stage of their careers.’
This means there are now 18 Premier League managers and two vacancies. Oliver Glasner is apparently set to become the fifth Nottingham Forest manager in ten months, whilst Fulham claimed to be bringing in Alvaro Albeloa.
This is now the current position for permanent Premier League managers – as at 3 July 2026:
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) 22 December 2019
Eddie Howe (Newcastle United) 8 November 2021
Unai Emery (Villa) 1 November 2022
Daniel Farke (Leeds) 4 July 2023
Regis Le Bris (Sunderland) 1 July 2024
Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton) 2 July 2024
Frank Lampard (Coventry) 28 November 2024
David Moyes (Everton) 11 January 2025
Sergej Jakirovic (Hull) 11 June 2025
Keith Andrews (Brentford) 27 June 2025
Michael Carrick (Man Utd) 13 January 2026
Roberto De Zerbi (Spurs) 31 March 2026
Marco Rose (Bournemouth) 1 June 2026
Andoni Iraola (Liverpool) 4 June 2026
Pierre Sage (Crystal Palace) 15 June 2026
Gary O’Neill (Ipswich Town) 23 June 2026
Enzo Maresca (Manchester City) 29 June 2026
Xabi Alonso (Chelsea) 1 July 2026
No manager (Fulham)
No manager (Nottingham Forest)