10 best football managers who are currently unemployed

#8 Vitor Pereira

Where will "the new Mourinho" Vitor Pereira end up next?

These days, every young(ish) manager coming out from Portugal seems the be labeled as the new Jose Mourinho, but with Vitor Pereira, these comparisons actually seemed to be true.

Pereira's Porto won nearly 70% of matches on the way to consecutive league titles in 2012 and 2013. The former midfielder quickly built himself a reputation that got him linked to various clubs in bigger European leagues. For example, before the appointment of Roberto Martinez in 2013, he was one time considered as the favourite to take charge of Everton.

Instead of a move to the Premier League, Pereira ended up taking a bigger paycheck and moved to Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia. It was a move that derailed his promising managerial career a bit, as since then, not much has been heard of him.

Following his time in Saudi Arabia, Pereira lead Olympiacos to a league and cup double in 2015. A brief spell at Fenerbahce followed. He won 38 and lost nine of 62 matches before his contract was unexpectedly terminated at the start of 2016/17 season. The club found that he had violated it after a trip back home without permission.

Pereira ended up taking charge of Munich 1860 during the latter half of last season. He couldn't save the club from relegation in the 2. Bundesliga and left shortly after that.

The short spells at many different clubs don't look good on Pereira's CV, and that could be the reason why he doesn't get much attention now, but the next club willing to take the risk of hiring him could end up with a jackpot.

Will Everton go after him again? They should consider it.