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This is a very salient point, but also, it's Alaves. By all accounts, he did a fairly remarkable job there.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/europe-calling-how-markus-weinzierl-became-germanys-most-promising-coach

- Mauricio Pellegrino 7/4 - Patrick Vieira 2/1 - Frank de Boer 4/1 - Ryan Giggs 7/1 - Jaap Stam 10/1 - Markus Weinzierl 18/1 - Roberto Martinez 18/1 - Giovani Van Bronkhorst 20/1 - Eddie Howe 20/1 - Jurgen Klinsmann 20/1 - Roy Hodgson 20/1 - Slavisa Jokanovic 20/1 - Julian Nagelsmann 20/1 - Vítor Pereira 20/1 - Sean Dyche 20/1 - Brendan Rodgers 20/1 - Louis van Gaal 20/1 - Manuel Pellegrini 20/1 - Sergei Rebrov 25/1 - Chris Hughton 25/1 - Martin Schmidt 25/1 - Chris Coleman 25/1 - Rene Weiler 25/1 - Lucien Favre 25/1 - Paolo Sousa 25/1 - Thomas Tuchel 25/1 - Laurent Blanc 25/1 - Derek McInnes 33/1 - Alan Pardew 33/1 - David Moyes 33/1 - Sven-Goran Eriksson 33/1 - Tim Sherwood 33/1 - Nigel Pearson 33/1 - Steve McClaren 40/1 - Thierry Henry 50/1 - Aitor Karanka 50/1 - Luis Enrique 50/1 Patrick Vieira has slowly crept up to 2nd favourite, pretty much without any speculation. I notice Markus Weinzierl is a name that's suddenly come into the running....

Who on Twitter?

#WolfWatch

Ah yes! The only positive Lander article I've ever read.

Is there a link?

HAMMERS EYE GIROUD West Ham are trying to sign Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, according to Sky sources. Giroud is on a list of of attacking players West Ham are interested in signing this summer, with Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City), Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Adama Traore (Middlesbrough) and Henry Onyekuru (KAS Eupen). The France international scored 19 times last season, but he began only 11 league games and Arsene Wenger preferred to start with Danny Welbeck in the FA Cup final. The player signed a new Arsenal contract in January which runs out in the summer of 2019, but his future at the club is uncertain with Wenger trying to sign Kylian Mbappe from Monaco and Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon.

Where is the link that says the mystery man is German?

Do we know if he can speak English?

http://thesun.uk/60198mFKz

If he wants to, then yes.

I don't know! I just feel the fact that we are happy to name the other 2, but not the other might be telling.

I'm currently going to assume it's our preferred candidate...

Would be a huge change of pretty much every requirement we've had previously. Interviews would be much better though.

@_pauljoyce: Everton set to complete signing of Sandro Ramirez. Player had medical last weekend.

**Sends Bat Signal to K,Billy & Guan 2.0**

No worries. I hadn't actually read it before I posted it. Some interesting detail in there. Again making reference to "one other candidate". Interesting to see Nagelsmann get a mention too. Did our messing around cost us Marco Silva?

I loved Cork but we could probably get so much more for our money on the continent if we were looking to spend that much.

Telegraph / The Echo / Simon Peach have insinuated he was considered but not an option / he's not interested.

This article? http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/15352504.Saints_set_deadline_in_manager_hunt/?ref=rss

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/15/southampton-plan-interview-frank-de-boer-mauricio-pellegrino/

Spurs want £20m for Wimmer. Wtf.

That was the main thing I noticed (aside from Claude being back in the race).