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Pereira replaced Sean Dyche in February to become Forest’s fourth manager of the season, with Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou both sacked by October. <\/p>\n
It is still possible for him to win the Europa League and get relegated – and if that happened Forest would be playing Champions League football while in the Championship. <\/p>\n
They are three points above the relegation zone before Villa’s visit and welcome second-bottom Burnley<\/a> on 19 April, with Pereira clear of the main goal.<\/p>\n “Of course, the club said to me the priority is to keep the club in in the Premier League,” said the former Wolves<\/a> boss. “I agree. For the supporters, for everybody, for the club, for everybody. It’s a disaster if we go to the Championship.<\/p>\n “We are competing with West Ham<\/a>, Tottenham<\/a> and Leeds<\/a> and it’s not easy to compete with these kind of clubs.<\/p>\n “If we are not in the Premier League, it will be a disaster and this is a disaster I don’t want to have responsibility for.<\/p>\n “Of course, I want to win [the Europa League]. I had it as an assistant coach. We won the Europe League [with Porto in 2011] but I want to win it as a head coach.<\/p>\n “I want to keep my club in Premier League and to fight to achieve the final.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n