I’m trying to ignore them. I don’t subscribe to the fact that he wouldn’t leave us. He’s ambitious and left Villarreal where he was adored to come to us. If he wanted the move and they wanted him, he would go.
That said, I think there will be more fashionable candidates and I certainly don’t think he’d be desperate for a move, he seems very happy. I’m pretty confident he’ll still be here next season. I would feel a lot more confident if we qualified for CL.
My main concern is that I would like the club to have a contingency plan if he upped sticks and took all his back room staff with him. However, when he does go, be that in 3 months or 3 years, I know we’ll be in a much better place than when he took over.