Vitor Pereira: My trust with Forest owner means I can handle the pressure

New Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira believes the trust he has with owner Evangelos Marinakis means he can survive the poisoned chalice of the City Ground job.

The Portuguese has become Forest’s fourth manager of the season after Sean Dyche, Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou out of the door last week as Marinakis acted in a bid to avoid Premier League relegation.

Pereira has worked with the combustible Greek businessman before – guiding Greek club Olympiacos to a league and club double over a decade ago – and believes that stands him in good stead to deal with the pressure.

“He’s ambitious. He wants to win, he’s emotional and I know him very well,” the former Wolves boss said at his unveiling press conference.

“The conversations were about our time in Olympiacos. I remember the energy and the fire we created.

“Greece is a bit like Turkey. There is fire inside, they like to see the energy and he asked me to be myself.

“He liked the way that when we worked together, we got the league and the cup.

“It was in the middle of the season and we created a good relationship. He trusts my work, I trust his personality because in football we need passion too.

“I have fire and I have passion. Football is my passion, something that sleeps and wakes with me.

“I came with the intention to give everything of myself, to give my body and soul to this club to help the club and together we can do it.

Straight to work.