Vitor Pereira made a major revelation regarding how he was removed from his coaching position at Nottingham Forest last June.
The Portuguese coach spoke to his home country’s media outlet, “ZeroZero,” and revealed that his children woke him up one night to tell him he had been fired by the club!
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In fact, the 58-year-old coach emphasized that he does not believe this decision came from the club’s owner, Vangelis Marinakis, believing that the inner circle of the team’s powerful figurehead led to his departure and the hiring of Oliver Glasner.
Here is what he said in detail:
“There wasn’t the slightest indication. I had already begun identifying the team’s transfer needs, selecting the training camp location, and organizing the friendly matches. All of this was happening just two days before the infamous email.
I had completely forgotten that this clause was in my contract. I woke up in the middle of the night because I heard a noise coming from the living room. I went downstairs, and my kids told me, “Dad, you’ve been fired.” That’s exactly how it happened.
I’m convinced it wasn’t the owner’s decision. I believe that the people around him convinced him that, in order to raise the club’s ambitions even higher, they had to turn to Glasner.
I respect what he has achieved, but after all the work we had done, I feel I deserved at least a phone call. They could have thanked me and explained that they had decided to go in a different direction. But they shouldn’t have ended things this way.”
*photo source: AP
