Carvahal became number 1 target and was offered terms which by all accounts it doesn’t seem like he was too enamoured with and will now be taking a money job elsewhere. Still not totally dead but we would need to come back with a better offer which I don’t think we will.
I said at the start to keep an eye out on Ferguson for the job, I don’t believe he is as much as a favourite as the bookies are suggesting but there has been talks between his people and ours. I also said that should he arrive here if hope it would be a double team with the more tactically astute unsworth. It’s still not one I would particularly want at this stage albeit I like Ferguson and he ain’t mowbray.
critchley would be a great appointment for those of you suggesting him, I don’t see us paying a big compensation however.
farke is the candidate they were waiting to talk to , if that happened I do not know but I would still be surprised if he ended up here as I believe he is looking elsewhere
manning is another that has been suggested , there has been talks, again they aren’t too keen on compo for him albeit it’s a lot less than critchleys clause.
those that suggested woodgate, not a million miles away….
certainly more in the running than his current odds, albeit he is behind a few. Not one that I want so hope we get off at the stop before his arrival.
there has been other names spoken to that I don’t know, I fully believe carvahal was outlined as number 1, that looks to have failed and now going through the next best on the list. I’m still crossing my fingers for a carvahal breakthrough with what we can offer him