The Reds axed Sean Dyche earlier this week and the club has since appointed Vitor Pereira as his replacement
Leigh Curtis Derby County Writer
15:40, 15 Feb 2026
Sean Dyche was sacked as Nottingham Forest head coach.
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Sean Dyche was sacked as Nottingham Forest head coach.(Image: PA)
Jermaine Jenas said he was surprised by Sean Dyche's departure from Nottingham Forest and says it's a "volatile environment" for managers to work in.
The Reds today appointed Vitor Pereira as Dyche's successor with the former Wolves boss their fourth manager of the season.
Forest parted company with Nuno Espirito Santo early in the season before Ange Postecoglou replaced him but after a disastrous spell, he too was axed.
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Dyche then arrived and he only a matter of months before he also left with it now down to Pereira to keep them out of the bottom three.
That said, former Reds midfielder Jenas told the Wildcards Podcast: “I’m surprised if I’m honest with you. I am very surprised.
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“I think that it’s quite clear that under the owner Marinakis, it’s a volatile environment for managers to go to.
“I think there are like two things here. Do you know any new managers that he’s going to be trying to attract?
“You know it’s one of those jobs that you know you’re not going to be there for a long time, almost no matter what.
“It kind of shows the ruthless nature that the owner’s working under.
“Which can’t be nice for anybody in that environment.
“Ok, you know, a lot of people say well he adopted a team that finished like fifth/sixth in the Premier League and was in Europe but essentially what Sean Dyche walked into was chaos he walked into a situation where um you know the previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo wasn’t happy they were losing games they were on a downward spiral already down there in the league earlier on and you know that whole breakup with Nuno wasn’t pretty it was very public in terms of the way that it was handled.
“I felt he came in and he’s done a decent enough job. I think there have been a couple of games that have really obviously hit home.
“I think the game against Leeds away and then the game obviously with Wolves has tipped the balance in terms of what the owner’s thinking. He obviously earmarked those two games and said those are must-win games. But to be operating as a team and as a management and staff under that scrutiny so early on in your managerial tenure. It just seems weird to me. It seems weird. And that’ll be three managers in one season. I mean, that’s just wild. Absolutely wild.”
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