Millwall held initial talks with Wycombe over the weekend about hiring their manager Gareth Ainsworth.

The Championship club are understood to have made a formal approach for permission to speak to the 46-year-old and enquired about potential compensation.

Ainsworth and out-of-work Gary Rowett are the two names in the frame for the job of succeeding Neil Harris in The Den dugout.

Ex-Birmingham and Derby boss Gary Rowett is also in the frame at Millwall

But one source has indicated to Sky Sports News that there may also be a third man under consideration, which could be former player Tim Cahill.

Ainsworth has also been given permission to speak to managerless Sunderland and is also understood to be on a long list of candidates at Reading.

Sky Sports News reported last week that the Lions wanted to speak to Ainsworth after Harris quit his four-year stint as boss.

Coach Adam Barrett has been put in caretaker charge and is expected to take the team to Brentford in the Championship on Saturday.