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Evans’s former Manchester United team-mate, Wayne Rooney, is not in quite as big demand, but reports this morning suggest the Everton striker will dither over his mooted move to DC United now that Sam Allardyce has been relieved of his managerial duties at Goodison Park. Rooney wants to see who’ll replace Allardyce before making any concrete plans and may also have been stung by the negative reaction of many DC United fans to news of his possible arrival in the American capital. “It has come to me through a few people that there is some positive and negative spins to the whole thing,” said DC United coach Ben Olsen. “I don’t really give a hoot what the media has right now. It’s their job to live in this hyperbole world.”

Meanwhile in the Rumour Mill’s more mundane world, former Hull City and Watford boss, Marco Silva, is once again being courted by Everton, while West Ham can’t seem to make up their minds whether they want Silva, Hebei China Fortune’s Manuel Pellegrini, Shakhtar Donetsk manager Paulo Fonseca or his Newcastle United counterpart Rafael Benítez to be their next manager. All three men have been mentioned as possible successors to David Moyes, but rumours abound that Fonseca has already turned down the job.

Fresh from helping Atlético Madrid to the most straightforward of Europa League wins over Marseille last night, Sime Vrsaljko will wake up to find himself the subject of interest from Manchester United. The 26-year-old right-back is available for £30m and Antonio Valencia isn’t getting any younger.

In the market for a left-back, Atlético had been monitoring the progress of Kieran Tierney, but the 20-year-old Celtic star, who will line up in Saturday’s Scottish Cup final against Motherwell, doesn’t seem in any rush to leave the club he has been with since the age of seven. “I’ve never thought about being away from Celtic,” he said. “Maybe one day it will happen. It’s kind of a confidence-booster in a way to know you’ve put the hard work in and massive teams all over Europe are noticing it.”

Wolves are preparing for life in the Premier League by hitching their skirts at AC Milan striker André Silva, but will have to fend off competition from Monaco. Should Silva end up at Molineux, he won’t be the first client of super-agent and Wolves advisor Jorge Mendes to have done so in recent times. Porto right-back Ricardo Pereira is wanted by Leicester City, who will have to stump up the thick end of £25m to secure his services.