Pereira back on the target list at Everton

Lyndon Lloyd | Thursday, 05 December 2019 0comments | Jump to last

Vitor Pereira, one of three main candidates whom Everton are said to have interviewed when looking for a successor to David Moyes in 2013, is apparently the man the club are hoping to bring in to fill the vacancy caused by Marco Silva's sacking.

The Portuguese was pinpointed as desired candidate following his success at FC Porto but after missing out on the Goodison Park post, he ended up in the relative obscurity of Saudi Arabia before undertaking brief stints at Olympiacos (where he won the double), Fenerbahçe and 1860 Munich (who got relegated at the end of his only season).

His latest assignment has been in China managing Shanghai SIPG where he succeeded Andre Villas-Boas and guided that club to its first league title in his first season and has just guided them to a third-place finish.

Now, Sky Sports are reporting that Periera is the Everton board's top target to replace Silva who was dismissed this evening after 18 months in charge.

Like the Mark Hughes links, the story will probably have come from Iranian “super agent” Kia Joorabchian who is credited with getting Pereira the job at 1860 Munich a few years ago.

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