EPL 2021-2022

Former Inter Milan and Chelsea boss Conte is understood to be the top target for the London club, who dismissed Nuno on Monday after just four months in charge.

Spurs had approached Conte about succeeding the axed Jose Mourinho earlier this year but were unable to convince the Italian to take the job.

If the 52-year-old accepts Tottenham’s offer, he would return to the Premier League three years after leaving their London rivals Chelsea, where he won the Premier League and the FA Cup.

The fallout and talk around the future of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has – and rightly so – been the main talking point from the Earth-shattering game on Monday morning (AEDT), but the display of Liverpool’s attack without Sadio Mane is worthy of just as great a reaction, and Mohamed Salah in particular.

It was there in the days leading up to Jose Mourinho’s sacking, where the Manchester beat journalists were no longer being fed the line that the board is unequivocally backing their man as they had been in the weeks leading up to it.

They have been given repeated chances to offer the manager a vote of confidence, but none has been so-far forthcoming.

Silence at Old Trafford usually means there is something going on behind the scenes, and this time it is concerning Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

They’ve made the social media announcement, released videos of all his goals, he’s even posted a heartwarming message to United fans – and Sir Alex Ferguson, especially – himself.

But one thing is missing – what shirt number he will wear.

There is probably no other playing in the world more synonymous with a number that Ronaldo and the No.7 he first wore at Manchester United.