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Just 45 days separated Vitor Pereira signing a new Wolverhampton Wanderers contract and losing his job. It reinforced what many already suspected: Wolves’ issues were embedded long before his three-year deal was confirmed in mid-September.
By then, Wolves sat bottom of the Premier League with just five points from their opening nine matches, scoring only six goals while conceding 19. The flaws in a squad rebuilt through an erratic summer were impossible to ignore.

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00:00Just 45 days separated Vitor Pereira signing a new Wolverhampton Wunderers contract and losing his job.
00:10It reinforced what many already suspected.
00:12Wolves' issues were embedded long before his three-year deal was confirmed in mid-September.
00:19By then Wolves sat bottom of the Premier League with just five points from their opening nine matches.
00:25The flaws in a squad rebuilt through an erratic summer were impossible to ignore.
00:32Supporters of long-voiced fears over Fosun's direction of the club reduced investment after years of ambition,
00:39storm-moly new redevelopment plans, rising ticket prices and a lack of clarity about the long-term football strategy.
00:47The disconnect was summed up by increasingly confusing public messages from Chairman Jeff Shee.
00:53Pereira's own downfall stemmed from Wolves going all-in on his influence.
00:58She removed sporting director Matt Hobbs and leaned into a manager-driven structure,
01:03despite Pereira having worked at nine different clubs in ten years.
01:08The summer window laid bare the gamble.
01:10Wolves spent over £100 million on six players, none with Premier League experience.
01:16Just two of those sign-ins started Pereira's final match.
01:20Attacking additions produced a combined one-league goal before his exit.
01:26Domestic targets including Harry Wilson and Kyle Walker-Peters were passed over in favour of more speculative overseas recruits.
01:34Wolves also hit an unwanted milestone.
01:36They're the first club in Premier League history to go winless in their opening ten games in consecutive seasons.
01:43That statistic starkly underlines how far the club has drifted.
01:48As results deteriorated, Wolves recorded one win in eight before his dismissal.
01:53The mood turned toxic.
01:55The springtime Colts hero, who once joined fans for pints after victories, now looks stunned as boos rang out.
02:03Wolves must decide quickly what they want to be once again.
02:06The manager needs to inherit a struggling team, but a club still searching for a long-term plan.
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