After digesting another game where Erling Haaland hardly has a kick for almost an hour but then scores with his first chance to put Manchester City on their way to another victory over Everton, after Beto had twice fluffed his lines when presented with opportunities to put his side ahead, beleaguered Blues woke up on Sunday to be told that not one but two of their recent managers were in the frame to become the new Nottingham Forest boss.

A report in the Independent claimed that Forest want Marco Silva to replace Ange Postecoglou, in addition to Sean Dyche and Roberto Mancini. For those who thought Nuno Espirito Santo, who had secured European qualification for Forest on the back of a counter-attacking, possession-light approach (they’d been on course for the Champions League until they were derailed by Abdoulaye Doucoure’s stoppage-time winner for Everton on April 12) and Postecoglou with his high-line defence were chalk and cheese, what about those names for an unlikely ‘Holy Trinity?’

Silva might be first choice, but he looks the toughest to get given that we’re told Fulham would want £10milllion (Farhad Moshiri once footed a similar bill after sacking Roberto Martinez)...