Vitor Pereira Interview: Wolves Coach says that summer signatures need time, but they will make the Premier League season | Football news
The Wolves played this summer, bringing six new players in the Premier League. So far, this bet has not borne fruit. Vitor Pereira thinks they just need time. “Without time, it’s like buying a lottery ticket,” he said Sky Sports. “You don’t know what’s going to happen.”
Having seen the artists outside the matheus cunha, Rayan Ait Nouri and Nelson Semedo, Wolves has invested north of 100 million pounds sterling on new players. They recruited them from Celta Vigo and Girona, Az Alkmaar and Genk, Hellas Verona and Fluminense.
But five consecutive defeats stressed the point that the Premier League is not ready to wait for the players. Tottenham’s late equalizer, the last time, means that they are still waiting for their first victory in competition this season and is required at the bottom of the table.
Pereira is uncomfortable there, as you can expect. Title winner in Portugal, Greece and China, it is not his natural altitude. “I’m not used to being in this position,” he concedes. But Pereira’s message is that he believes in himself and, above all, his players.
“This is the first time in my career that I have been in this position, but I am very resilient,” he said, speaking on the club’s training field. “I have a lot of confidence in myself, in my staff, in our work. And I have a lot of confidence in the players, in the club and among supporters.”
These fans certainly support him. The name of Pereira was sung in every game this season and his team was applauded twice last week. His slogan – “First the points then the pints” – can leave him thirsty, but his popularity continues.
Although he denies him himself, the feeling remains that Pereira saved the Wolves last season, taking control of a team without rudder in the relegation area and winning six games in a given time. This earned him an appointment as a premier league manager of the season.
“It’s a solid bond,” he said about fans. “In this city. I feel like I am with my family. People take care of me. If I go to an ad, if I go somewhere, people try to show that I am one of them. This is something special. This is why I have the impression of working for my family.”
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Although this connection remains, the relationship of the fans with those which above him are more tense and many must be convinced by some of the summer signatures. Jhon Arias, the Colombian winger, won the Spurs match player after a slow start in England.
The Ladislav Krejci versatility was appointed player of the club month for September. But while Fer Lopez, the 20-year-old Spanish winger helped Krejci’s goal against Leeds, who remains his only departure in the Premier League and was replaced at halftime.
Jackson Thatchoua and Tolu Arokodare were on the bench of the Spurs. David Moller Wolfe has not played a minute in his last four games. Pereira recognizes all this but maintains to explain. “The players arrived at the club very late in my opinion,” he said.
“We have players with different concepts because we bought players in different leagues, with different mentalities, different cultures. If you have time with them, you can put them on the same wavelength, go in the same direction, tactically and mentally.
“Even communication when you bring players from other leagues who do not know the language. Now I realize that they understand what we are asking. They start to enjoy training, to enjoy the games. Now, I see the links between them.
“Imagine Arias. He arrives here in the Premier League, in a different league, a different language. In Brazil, the game is different. After many years in Brazil, he felt very comfortable playing in the same system, the same club. It was confident to express themselves.
“The relationship with the teammates, the new club, there is a lot before the player feels comfortable tactically knowing what the manager wants, what the players think when they have the ball, the movements they will do to open the space.”
Pereira admits that he always learns them. “I need to understand what everyone can give me in the system. For example, my wait could be that this player, with these skills, can play inside, between lines or outside, inside with the ball.
“Then, when we start working with them, we could realize that he is a player who feels more comfortable between the lines but not outside. Or the opposite and they like to receive it outside. It is the knowledge that we must have.”
But he feels that a corner has been turned. “We are working together for two weeks. This is a start. Now I have good feelings because now I think we can compete. Now we are building, now we are starting to see a team that can compete,” he said, leaning on purpose.
“They will become better. They will be in condition to show why we bought them. But they need this time. This is not easy. This is the moment when we need. We cannot do magic. But I believe in this team because we have character, courage and quality.”
Pereira even suggests that wolves could be stronger for this. At Spurs, Thomas Frank admitted to having been surprised by the training changes, the Pereira team starting with four in the back before going to three. “Last season, it was not possible to work two systems.”
With the impressive Krejci capable of playing in defense or in the midfield, the Wolves can now make this change without even having to turn to their bench. “He gives us a lot because he is technically a very good player and he understands the game very well.”
He adds: “Now I think it is possible to play with three or four. We can manage the two systems. For us, it is important because we can surprise the opponent.” Crucial, he thinks, in a premier League which requires so much tactically, technically and physically.
Will it be enough? Outside the club, the verdict is inside. Wolves are the favorites of bookmakers for relegation after their bad departure. Within the club, Pereira was rewarded for his work with a new contract. He is convincing. Can he convince his team?
“I think that a manager is also a teacher,” he said. Due to Pereira, 57, spent 15 years as a teacher before his coach career. “Not only to teach tactical things, but mentally, we have to sell ideas. Tactically and mentally to sell ideas and make players believe.”
He tries to infuse these players with the necessary confidence. “I can try to explain when I feel confident. I feel confident when I start to control things, when I start to see what we want in the field.” This happens now, he insists. The better times are in advance.
“I will work hard, the hours I need, to increase the level of this team, to review happiness in the faces of supporters. I know the supporters. When we start to win matches, it will be the energy we have to run this situation,” he said.
“And we will certainly do it. Together.”
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