Forget Pereira’s three titles and make ‘obvious’ Lampard choice

Everton must forget Vitor Pereira’s three titles – just like one journalist has – to make an ‘obvious choice’ of media-friendly Frank Lampard.

To the Vitor go the spoils

For those who cannot recall that discussion, it includes the precise soundbites you might expect, including such gems as, “For me, it’s a no-brainer. Who is this guy? Who is he, Pereira?”, “What’s wrong with a young English coach or even a young British coach?” and the absolutely timeless, “Listen, he’s foreign, you’ve gotta give… bring him in. You know, keep bringing them into our… give ’em the jobs.”

Glorious. And while David Maddock of the Daily Mirror does not come close to such lazy invective, his update on the prospective new Everton manager is similarly dismissive.

‘It is the third time he has been interviewed by Everton, after the coach was twice on the short list for the manager’s job in 2013 and 2019, but rejected on both occasions. He was also in the frame in 2017 but rejected the approach.

‘And his track record is far from reassuring for the fans, who have made clear they don’t want a coach who has been sacked twice by Fenerbahce, and also by Olympiakos and – most disturbingly – by 1860 Munich in recent years.

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