It might have made a gripping watch for the neutral fan but Vitor Pereira’s Sky Sports News audition for the managerial vacancy at Goodison Park had many Evertonians scratching their heads in disbelief at the car crash television unfolding before their eyes.
It certainly was an unorthodox approach to going on a charm offensive with your prospective new fans but just where it leaves the Portuguese coach’s chances of replacing Rafa Benitez remains to be seen.
Some wondered whether this was the work of owner Farhad Moshiri – himself no stranger to a cheeky text to Jim White – and Kia Joorabchian, putting their preferred candidate into the spotlight to win over those many, and there are very many, doubters among the supporter base or was this just a last-ditch attempt to curry favour for a job he’s already out of the running for.
