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Vitor Pereira: Who is the Portuguese manager linked with Everton job?

The hashtag #27years is forming a part of social media protests by Everton fans against the club's deeply unpopular ownership.

That's how long it is since the Toffees won a piece of silverware, beating Manchester United to win the FA Cup at Wembley in 1995.

You imagine it could be a few more years yet but if their search for a new manager to replace Rafael Benitez is based on a trophy-winning track record then they could do worse than Vitor Pereira.

Vitor Pereira, whose last job was at Fenerbahce, is a strong contender for the Everton job
The Portuguese coach, 53, seen here after Shanghai SiPG won the Chinese Super League title in 2019, has also won trophies in Greece and Portugal

The Portuguese coach, 53, has won league championships in his home country, Greece and China during a fairly nomadic career for a reasonably young coach.