Marco Silva figures prominently on Watford’s list of candidates to succeed Walter Mazzarri, who has been sacked as the Premier League club’s head coach.

Silva, though, is not the only name on Watford’s list and the club has indicated it will take its time before making a new appointment. Silva will inform Hull City this week, in a meeting with Ehad Allam, the vice-chairman and son of owner Assem Allam, who is running the club, that he does not want to carry on following relegation from the top-flight.

Silva’s five-month contract at Hull expires at the end of this campaign, following the final league match at home to Tottenham Hotspur this Sunday, and a one-year extension would only have been triggered had they avoided returning to the Championship.

He already has offers from England, Spain and his native Portugal – he is wanted by Porto – but, although he has enjoyed working in the Premier League, has not decided yet where his next club will be.