Everton have pulled back from the imminent appointment of Vitor Pereira, with owner Farhad Moshiri persuaded not to make ANOTHER knee jerk managerial decision.
And that means the intriguing possibility of Wayne Rooney making a return to the club where his story started is not completely dead - with the English football legend on the list of alternatives.
After another traumatic weekend at the club, where defeat by Villa brought home the now very real threat of a relegation fight, Moshiri and his backer Alisher Usmanov spoke to Pereira in Monaco.
