Vitor Pereira is emerging as a serious contender for the Everton job with the club’s owner Farhad Moshiri eager to make a 'forward-thinking' appointment.
Sportsmail understands the highly-rated Portuguese head coach has been interviewed for the vacancy following Rafa Benitez’s sacking last weekend.
Serial winner Pereira, who has won nine trophies during his managerial career so far, is understood to have impressed during talks with the club in recent days and is viewed as a strong candidate among senior members of the Everton hierarchy.
Moshiri, the Merseyside club’s majority shareholder, is keen to appoint a coach he views as a visionary and who he feels can breathe new life and fresh ideas into Goodison Park following a string of appointments of managers who have all had previous Premier League experience.