There are three candidates for the vacant manager role at Goodison on Friday, with Duncan Ferguson and Frank Lampard in the running.
After just 200 days in the job, the club decided to part ways with the former manager after the recent defeat to the Canaries.
In the past, the former Porto and Fenerbahce manager has been in the running for the job, losing out to both Marco Silva and Roberto Martinez.
In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News on Wednesday, he said he had received good feedback after talks with both Bill Kenwright and Farhad Moshiri.
While Ferguson is currently in his second spell as interim manager, he is looking for his first coaching opportunity since he was sacked as manager of Chelsea.
They have won one and drawn three of their last 14 matches and are 16th in the league.
Not good. The side is 16th in the league with 19 points from 20 matches, and will start the year with three losses.
Just days after the club allowed France international Lucas Digne to join the club, the final nail in the coffin of long-disliked manager Rafa Benitez was a 2-1 loss to Norwich.
Duncan Ferguson took temporary charge of the team but they lost to Villa on Saturday with Digne providing the assist.
There is a need for change. A plane flew over Goodison Park before the match calling for the departure of long-standing chairman Bill Kenwright. Time to leave.
Fans stayed behind to protest, chanting "Sack the board" and "We want our club back", as Bill Kenwright got out of the club.
A number of supporters congregating outside the Liver Building, where the commercial offices are based, before another protest took place on Wednesday night outside Goodison.
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Few people at the top of the club trust those at the head of recruitment or scouting to make the right decisions.
The club have been owned by Farhad Moshiri since 2016 and the Iranian businessman certainly cannot be faulted for his financial backing, having already spent over half a billion pounds on transfers.
He increased his stake in the club to 94 per cent last week, but he has made poor decisions in the past. On Wednesday, fans voiced their objections to the potential new manager.
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There is a lot to fix but appointing the right successor is the most important.
The ex-Porto and Fenerbahce boss looked to be the favourite and said he was hurt by fan opposition to his potential appointment, with graffiti sprayed on to Goodison Park saying "Pereira out, Lampard in".
He explained that the Portuguese had taken the extraordinary step of speaking mid-process to Sky Sports News and that he was still interested in the job.
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