Nuno Espirito Santo could make surprise return to Wolves

Nuno Espirito Santo could make a surprise return to Wolves a little under a year and a half since he left the Premier League strugglers.

The former Molineux manager is one of the names under consideration by the club's hierarchy

No high-level talks have taken place with the Portuguese, who is currently Al-Ittihad boss in Saudi Arabia.

There are several other candidates in the frame and Nuno is only a possibility rather than a certainty.

Nuno originally moved to Molineux in 2017 and guided Wolves to the Championship title in 2018.

They twice finished seventh in the Premier League and reached the Europa League quarter-finals in 2019/20.

He left Wolves by mutual consent 17 months ago and replaced by Bruno Lage, who lost his job last week with Wolves in the relegation zone.

Nuno had a brief spell at Tottenham but lasted just four months in north London and was dismissed in November last year.