Vitor Pereira is a strong candidate for Everton bench

In the middle of last week, Everton announced that Duncan Ferguson will take over as interim coach for the upcoming games, but a few days after the sacking of Rafa Benitez, another defeat – this time against Aston Villa, which knocked him down to 16th place and still him closer to the relegation zone – significantly increased the pressure on the Merseyside club’s managers.

The pressure has to do with the hiring of a permanent manager, with the likes of Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Nico Kovacs, Roberto Martinez and Fabio Cannavaro surfacing on the Liverpool blues’ transfer reports in the last 24 hours. Sunday afternoon (23 /1).

This is Vitor Pereira. The Daily Mail reveals in its article that the Portuguese, recently sacked by Fenerbahce, is now a very strong candidate to be anointed with the keys to the Goodison Park dressing rooms.

According to the same source, the Portuguese, who also celebrated the Greek championship and celebrated a double with Olympiakos in the final of the 2014/15 season, was interviewed and made great impressions, with Farad Mosiri, Everton’s major shareholder, very seriously considering the possibility of his recruitment.

“He used to be involved with Chelsea and Arsenal too”reports the Daily Mail, which stresses that the nine titles Ferreira has on his coaching tally have played their part in getting Everton people to view him with very good eyes as a candidate to succeed Rafa Benitez on the bench.