Former Harbour boss Andreas Pereira saves Wolves, the former Chinese Super League coach makes his fourth appearance in the Premier League

The reporter reported coldly On Monday, British media revealed that former Harbour boss Andreas Pereira will be the new manager of Wolves in the Premier League, and Wolves will pay between €100 and €1.5 million to his Riyadh youth club. Andreas Pereira's contract runs until the summer of 2027 and is aiming to lead the team to relegation, with Wolves hoping Pereira will be in place ahead of Sunday's relegation clash at Leicester City.

Wolves are the only Chinese-funded team in the Premier League, and Pereira will become the first manager with a Chinese Super League resume in the "Chinese-funded era" of Wolves. After leaving Harbour at the end of 2020, Pereira has coached five clubs - in the summer of 2021, he took over at Fenerbahce in the Turkish Super League, and at the end of the year, he was sacked because he only ranked fifth in the Turkish Super League, as many as 14 points behind the leader Trabzonspora; In the next two years, he coached Brazilian giants Corinthians and Flamengo, finishing runners-up in the Copa do Brasil, the South American Super Cup, and the Brazilian Super Cup, and was sacked after losing to Fluminense in the final of the Rio State League in April 2023; In February, Pereira coached youth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

This is not the first time Pereira has had a chance to land in the Premier League, as he politely turned down an offer from Everton to replace Marco Silva when he was in charge of Harbour at the end of 2019. At the start of 2022, he was once again a candidate for Everton's new manager, but in the end, Everton chose Frank Lampard. Coincidentally, Frank Lampard has succeeded Rafael Benitez, who had a resume in the Chinese Super League.

Whether coaching Harbour or Firewolves landing in the Premier League, Pereira has made two job hops, both of which are closely related to the super agent Mendes. The harbor introduced Oscar and Hulk at a sky-high price, and hired famous coaches Boas and Pereira, and Mendes was behind the operation. After the Chinese bought Wolves in 2016, Mendes almost signed Wolves' coaches and players, in addition to Nuno and Lage, more than 30 new signings were operated by him to join Wolves.

Last summer, Wolves tried to shake off Mendes' influence, only to be mired in the relegation zone and had to turn to him again. Mendes naturally promoted his own coach, and Pereira finally fulfilled his dream of coaching the Premier League.

Andreas Pereira is the fourth coach to take charge of the Premier League after taking charge of the Chinese Super League. The first is Manuel Pellegrini, who left Hebei Huaxia Happiness in the summer of 2018, and the Chilean "engineer" took charge of West Ham United just three days after leaving office. In the summer of 2020, Pellegrini has coached Betis in La Liga so far, and he is the coach who has been coaching in the five major leagues for the longest time since leaving the Chinese Super League; Flores, who left Shenhua in the summer of 2019, took office at Watford in the Premier League in September of that year, but unfortunately lost his position in less than 3 months; Benitez, who terminated his contract with Dalian in early 2021, replaced Carlo Ancelotti in the summer of 2021 to coach Everton, and was sacked in January 2022 due to poor results.

In addition to the Premier League, there are also some Chinese Super League coaches who have left to coach the other four major leagues. At the beginning of 2018, former national security coach Gonzalez put out the fire in La Liga Malaga and was fired after leading the team to relegation; Shenhua's Poyet and Harbour's Boas left to coach Bordeaux in Ligue 1 and Marseille respectively, but they were unsuccessful; After Flores' departure from Watford in 2019, he coached Getafe and Sevilla in La Liga, and his performance deteriorated. Former Kwonjian coach Paulo Sousa has coached Bordeaux and Salernitana since his departure, but he was also unsuccessful; In the summer of 2023, Benitez returned to La Liga to coach Celta, before being sacked in March this year due to poor results.

Magath, who left Taishan at the end of 2017, fought fires at Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga in March 2022, and led the team to fail to stay after the thrilling relegation in the relegation play-offs; In March this year, former Evergrande coach Cannavaro put out the fire at Udinese in Serie A, and also failed to keep his position after the relegation was successful; Spanish coach Luiz, who has led and surpassed the league, has experienced the most twists and turns, leaving the Chinese Super League and coaching La Liga Villarreal, Mallorca and Alaves, and leading the latter two teams to La Liga in succession. At the beginning of December this year, he was sacked from Alaves due to poor results.

Leaving the Chinese Super League, the best development in the mainstream European league are former Guoan coaches Genesio and Schmidt. The former coached Rennes in Ligue 1 after leaving Guoan, led the team to fourth place in Ligue 1 for two consecutive seasons, and coached Lille this summer; Schmidt did not coach the top five leagues, but won trophies including the Dutch Cup and the Portuguese Super League at PSV Eindhoven and Benfica, but unfortunately left Benfica at the end of August this year.For Pereira, leading Wolves to relegation is a success.