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.
