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Everton have made contact with Wolves manager Nuno Santo as they look to replace departed manager Ronald Koeman.

The Toffees sacked Koeman after the club's defeat to Arsenal, they currently have Dave Unsworth in temporary charge.

The form of Wolves under Santo has not gone unnoticed with the Everton hierarchy and they have shortlisted him as a potential new manager.

Contact has been made between the Merseyside club and Santo's agent, Jorge Mendes.

The information has been leaked by respected journalist Guillem Balague who announced the news on Twitter.

He stated: "Everton have contacted Nuno as ONE OF the potential candidates to replace Koeman. His agent Jorge Mendes is listening, no decision made yet."

The Wolves hierarchy will be keen to fight off any such interest in their man, especially with the club sitting at the top of the table and in the middle of a seemingly very successful partnership.

Wolves are currently the eighth best team in the country this season.

That's the according to the Football League Power Rankings which reviews team from all four professional divisions.

The stats are calculated based on match results, standard of opponents (at the time of match played), win/loss, margin, league position differential, clean sheet and away win.

Wolves currently have a total score of 524.17 after their fine start to the campaign which has seen them pick up a total of 29 points from their 14 matches so far.

This sees the top performing side in the Championship despite being behind Sheffield United in the table.

Man City lead the way with a huge total of 753.49 with city rivals Man United in second with 594.53.

Nuno Santo's side head to Norwich City tonight looking to reclaim their place at the top of the Championship after Sheffield United leapfrogged them on Saturday.

Wolves fans will be hoping for another job in the Power Rankings with a return to form at Carrow Road.

David Prutton is backing Wolves to bounce back from the surprise defeat at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday and get back to winning ways when they take on Norwich City this evening.

Many expected Wanderers to make light work of QPR at Loftus Road, but Matt Smith’s goal in the final ten minutes upset the odds and Nuno Espirito Santo’s side lost ultimately third game of the season.

EFL pundit Prutton, though, is expecting Wolves to respond and create further problems for Daniel Farke’s Canaries, who suffered a 2-1 defeat of their own against Derby at Carrow Road on Saturday.

“Norwich’s good run came to an end at the weekend but they were a bit unfortunate with their scheduling last week and looked a bit tired against Derby,” Prutton told Sky Sports.

“And it doesn’t get any easier for them as they look to host a Wolves side who will be desperate to bounce back from their defeat against QPR, and I think they’ll do that at Carrow Road.”

By also predicting that Sheffield United will be held in a 2-2 draw at QPR, Prutton is expecting that Wolves will in turn head back to the top of the Championship table.

Prediction: 1-2