Vítor Pereira has emerged as Farhad Moshiri’s favoured choice to succeed Rafael Benítez as Everton manager and to lead the club’s fight against a first relegation in 71 years.
The former Porto and Fenerbahce manager is available having been sacked by the Turkish club in December after only five months in charge. His appointment is viewed as a major gamble by some members of the Everton hierarchy, given his lack of Premier League experience and his relegation from the second tier of the Bundesliga with 1860 Munich, but it is the club’s erratic majority shareholder who will ultimately make the critical decision.
