- Vitor Pereira has replaced Andre Villas-Boas as the new boss of Shanghai SIPG
- Villas-Boas left the Chinese Super League side to race in the Dakar Rally
- The Portuguese was Villas-Boas’ successor at Porto when he moved to Chelsea
Former Porto coach Vitor Pereira has been unveiled as the new manager of Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG.
Pereira has replaced fellow Portuguese Andre Villas-Boas at the helm after the former Chelsea and Tottenham boss left the CSL side at the end of the season to compete in the 2018 Dakar Rally.
It is not the first time that Pereira has replaced Villas-Boas.
Vitor Pereira has been named as the new boss of Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG
He has replaced fellow Portuguese and former colleague Andre Villas-Boas at the helm
It is not the first time that Pereira has taken over from Villas-Boas as manager of a club
Pereira worked as Villas-Boas’ assistant when Porto won the Europa League title in 2011 before taking over as head coach when the latter departed for Stamford Bridge.
Pereira has been handed the task of ending Guangzhou Evergrande’s dominance after the southern Chinese side notched up a seventh straight CSL success last season.
Villas-Boas left Shanghai SIPG at the end of the season to compete in the Dakar Rally
Villas-Boas steered SIPG to second in the league as well as to the final of the Chinese FA Cup and semi-finals of the Asian Champions League.
SIPG have invested heavily in foreign playing talent in an attempt to claim the title.
They have spent in excess of £132million over the last two years to lure the likes of Brazilian duo Oscar and Hulk to China.