VITOR PEREIRA has revealed that he was told about his Nottingham Forest dismissal by his CHILDREN.

The 58-year-old was brutally sacked by Forest at the end of June despite guiding the club to Premier League safety.

It was revealed that he received an email at 11:58pm on June 30 confirming the decision.

Pereira had no prior indication that he would be axed, meaning he was completely surprised by the news.

And it was even more shocking when he learned of it from his own children.

The coach told Portuguese outlet ZeroZero that he woke up in the middle of the night and was left completely stunned.

He said: “I woke up in the middle of the night with my children downstairs in the living room. I heard a noise, went downstairs, and they told me: ‘Dad, you’ve been fired.’ That’s it, that’s how it happened.”

It’s understood there was a clause in Pereira’s contract which allowed either him or the club to end his time at the City Ground before July.

Pereira was eventually replaced by Oliver Glasner – who took on the role after leaving Crystal Palace at the end of the 2025-26 season.

He went on to add: “I’m convinced the decision wasn’t even the owner’s. Those around him created the idea that the best thing to do, to be more ambitious, was to bet on Oliver Glasner.

“I respect his work, he won a Europa League, but after the work we did there… we should have received a phone call. That was the bare minimum.

“They should have thanked me, said they were opting for something else, and we would have moved on. This way, it’s not going to work.”

Pereira continued: “No. We never spoke again. I thought I’d seen everything in football, but no. That’s football.

“The holidays were ending and I was returning the following Monday. We were all organising our lives to go back. I left all my bags there. Then I had to go back there specifically to get them.”

The former boss had been looking ahead and preparing for the new season when he was axed.

Speaking to talkSPORT last month, Pereira said: “The Premier League is my focus, and I’m preparing as well as I can to come back, because that’s where I want to be.

“It’s where I feel challenged and motivated, and I’m waiting for the opportunity to return.”