South American football expert Tim Vickery says Vitor Pereira “was able to adapt to what he had” at Corinthians and “got the best out of his players.”

Pereira, who is currently in talks with Wolves to replace Gary O’Neil, has never managed in the Premier League but has won four league titles in three countries.

Reflecting on his managerial career in Brazil, Vickery told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club: “He did a pretty good job at Corinthians – a massive club from Sao Paulo – but they were in financial problems.

“That was a difficult job, but he marshalled his resources pretty well there. He got them to fourth in the league, and they got through to the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores [the South American equivalent of the Champions League] and all the way to the final of the Brazilian Cup.

“He cut his cloth pretty well at Corinthians, and the system he used was a 4-1-4-1. He did a sound job and he was able to adapt to what he had. He got the best out of his players.

“In Brazil, there will be a lot of eyebrows raised about a Premier League club chasing him. Although those in Europe will say ‘look at the success he’s had in Portugal and Greece’ – but that was a long while ago.

Pereira won two Primeira Liga titles in both his seasons with FC Porto in 2012 and 2013. He also won the Greek Super League with Olympiakos in 2015.

New York Times’ chief soccer correspondent, Rory Smith added: “He has worked for fairly erratic clubs. He has tried to get a job in England before when he was linked to Everton but the fans didn’t want him so that never happened.

“Corinthians and Flamengo are huge jobs in Brazil, but other than that, maybe you could say he has struggled to get the jobs that he would have wanted.”

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