Given his total absence of experience in managing in England – or indeed any of European football’s top leagues – Vitor Pereira is considered by many a strange choice when it comes to being considered for the Everton manager role.
But it’s not the first time a left field candidate has coveted the Blues top job.
Back in 1997 when Peter Johnson told Evertonians that they’d be “pleasantly surprised” by the calibre of bosses wanting to take charge at Goodison Park, former Dutch international Wim van Hanegem proclaimed his interest having last taken charge of Saudi club Al-Hilal.
