One of these clubs is looking at Champions League football and probably want their manager to sign a 10-year contract. In the opposite dugout, Sean Dyche might be lucky to last 10 more games if he cannot halt Nottingham Forest’s worrying slide.
Life comes at you fast as a Premier League manager. Four games ago, Dyche was taking the praise for his side’s 3-0 win over Tottenham – the same scoreline by which they beat Liverpool at Anfield in November.
Forest have not picked up a single point since then and rarely looked likely to stop Aston Villa bouncing back immediately from the 4-1 thrashing at Arsenal in midweek.