Vitor Pereira shall be nicely conscious that the Wolverhampton Wanderers job he has taken on is not going to be a stroll within the park.
However, having managed all around the world within the likes of Germany, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, the nomadic 56-year-old will hope he is usually a success in one other new nation in England.
In spite of everything, recent concepts from the dugout could possibly be simply what is required to interrupt away from the dire finish of Gary O’Neil’s reign, with Pereira maybe getting ready to drop Andre within the centre of the park for his first Premier League take a look at versus Leicester Metropolis.
Andre’s struggles at Wolves
It does really feel harsh to single out some Previous Gold underperformers, contemplating the collective effort hasn’t been as much as scratch, with the lately dismissed supervisor profitable simply two of his last 16 matches in cost.
However, summer time recruit Andre has visibly struggled in matches during the last couple of weeks for the relegation candidates, leaving many worrying that his bumper £21m value wasn’t worth for cash.
He would solely final 45 minutes towards Ipswich City throughout O’Neil’s ultimate sport on the helm, having solely won two of his five duels in the midst of the park, because the likes of Jens Cajuste for the guests ended up controlling proceedings centrally.
Pereira may decide to begin Tommy Doyle in his place as a substitute when travelling to the King Energy Stadium on Sunday, due to this fact, with the previous Manchester Metropolis teenager notching up two key passes in a spirited second-half exhibiting.
In fact, Andre did win Wolves’ September Player of the Month when O’Neil’s job safety wasn’t a relentless dialog, however within the right here and now, Pereira may nicely deem him as not being worthy of being a concrete starter.
Extra pressingly, away from the midfield positions, the Portuguese boss will even want to point out he can shore up the defence if survival is to be on the playing cards, with Santiago Bueno one other identify who could possibly be axed for the sport on the Foxes.
Bueno’s poor performances in December
As soon as considered a “promising” expertise by soccer journalist Lewis Kenn when signing an improved deal at Molineux in 2022, Bueno has slowly however certainly turn out to be a daily within the first workforce.
This season, the Uruguayan has picked up nine Premier League starts, however he won’t be capable to get to double digits when dealing with off towards Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s males subsequent, if you take a look at how dire his numbers have been over December up to now.
Bueno’s PL numbers throughout December |
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Stat |
Everton |
West Ham |
Ipswich |
Minutes performed |
77 |
90 |
90 |
Touches |
59 |
42 |
67 |
Correct passes |
41/54 (76%) |
28/38 (74%) |
58/61 (94%) |
Possession misplaced |
13x |
10x |
3x |
Complete duels received |
3/6 |
5/8 |
3/8 |
Tackles |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Interceptions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Stats by Sofascore |
In reality, no defenders exited the pitch away at Everton in the beginning of the month with their heads held excessive, however Bueno was notably below-par in that surprising 4-0 defeat, with possession squandered 13 instances alongside solely 50% of his duels being received.
His woes have continued on from this dire day trip to Merseyside – along with his exhibiting towards Ipswich additionally out-of-sorts – as solely three duels had been weakly received, leading to his aspect succumbing to a 3rd league defeat on the spin which finally value O’Neil his job.
Pereira may nicely be ready to herald Craig Dawson into his aspect in his place, who will need to exorcise his personal December-related demons if he’s picked versus Leicester, having scored two tragic personal targets towards Everton.
While Bueno has shone previously for the Previous Gold, bringing in somebody of the 34-year-old’s expertise could possibly be key in initially trying to repair such a porous defence, with Dawson amassing 300 appearances within the Premier League and counting.
No matter lineup Pereira does discipline, the well-travelled supervisor will pray he can choose up a debut win towards a fellow relegation rival to begin his new tenure off on the absolute best footing.
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