Vitor Pereira appears to have ruled himself out of the vacant Everton job but would welcome an approach from a Premier League club in the future. The Toffees are looking for a new manager after bringing Marco Silva’s 18-month reign to an end after last Wednesday’s bitter 5-2 Merseyside derby defeat at Liverpool. Pereira, the well-travelled Portuguese boss of Shanghai SIPG, is reported to be a target for Everton but he insists he is committed to his post in China. “I’m grateful to be considered – this (Everton) is a club that I have so much respect for,” Pereira told Sky Sports News. “But at this point I’m still coach of SIPG and it’s a club close to my heart in a country which is learning a lot in football.

Source: Irish Examiner December 10, 2019 19:18 UTC