Wolves sack Vitor Pereira just weeks after handing manager new contract

Vitor Pereira signed a new deal with Wolves in September but has been sacked by the Molineux club after failing to pick up a single win from their opening 10 Premier League games

Wolverhampton Wanderers have sacked manager Vitor Pereira with the team rooted to the foot of the Premier League table. The decision comes just weeks after the Pereira, 57, was handed a new contract.

Saturday's dire 3-0 loss away to Fulham was the final straw, leaving Wolves stranded rock bottom with no wins from their opening 10 games. Pereira made nine changes to his starting XI from the side that was eliminated by Chelsea the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, but they were unable to inspire a victory at Craven Cottage.

Wolves played more than half the game with 10 men after Emmanuel Agbadou's 36th-minute red card, but were already 1-0 down at the time. Harry Wilson then added to Ryan Sessegnon's early opener before a Yerson Mosquera own goal completed the rout and brought the curtain down on Pereira's 11-month reign.

In mid-September, Pereira was rewarded with a new contract despite a slow start to the season. He had led his team out of relegation danger in style, but his only wins since the summer sale of Matheus Cunha have come in the cup.

Saturday's defeat leaves Wolves eight points from Premier League safety. Their only points this term have come from 1-1 draws away at Tottenham and at home to Brighton, conceding late equalisers in both.

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