Comment: Nuno a wanted man? Wolves better get used to it

Table-topping managers will attract attention from clubs in the league above for eternity.

Jorge Mendes will stop sporting smart suits and a perma-tan before that ceases to be the case.

A Premier League club being linked with Nuno Espirito Santo is not a surprise – nor are the suggestions from the Molineux corridors that Nuno is unequivocally going nowhere.

Sources say no approach has been made to Wolves by the Toffees, while reports of Everton reaching out to Nuno's representatives including Mendes remain unsubstantiated for now.

With Nuno's Wolves reign in its infancy the wider English football community are still more likely to think 'who?' when hearing Nuno's name rather than 'great manager, him' (witness the Liverpool Echo's "who is Nuno?" segment yesterday).

But this is something Wolves fans may have to get used to. And it's certainly a new notion in WV1 – apart from Mick McCarthy being linked with the South Korea job (!) Wolves managers just don't tend to be courted or snared.

Nuno's a bit different though and his allure doesn't just come from Wolves being top of the league, it's the manner in which he's guided them there.

In only 19 matches Nuno has introduced a sumptuous brand of continental-style football never before witnessed at Molineux.

The players respect him, the fans love him and the Wolves hierarchy rely on him.

He's a mystical messiah who can do no wrong – and the way the 1,400 travelling fans worshipped him as he revelled in their applause, being the last to leave the field at Carrow Road on Tuesday, showed the bond between Nuno and his fans is growing as quickly as his reputation.

He's been a roaring success in what has still only been five months in the hot seat and at the moment Nuno seems a man destined for the top half of the Premier League, should he so desire, with or without Wolves.

You get the impression, though, that he wouldn't jump ship so early into a project that he has invested himself head-first in.

A proud man who talks regularly of principles and morals, Nuno has taken Wolves to his heart and clearly realises the huge potential the club has, particularly working in conjunction with his long-time pal Mendes whose influence at Wolves runs so deeply.

Everton in theory should be a hugely attractive offer but the timing just doesn't feel right – the Toffees are a club in a mess, sat in the Premier League relegation zone. Wolves are going places.

Talking of Mendes, when the time does come for Nuno to leave Wolves, be it in one day, one year or one decade, of his own accord or otherwise, the agent's role in his client's departure will be fascinating.

Fosun call on Mendes for players, for guidance and last year for the facilitating of their £30m takeover.

If a big Premier League or European club comes calling – and in terms of size, spending power and history Everton are about as a big a club as Nuno could realistically leave for in England via one jump – does Mendes look after his client's interest, or that of Fosun and Wolves?

And what of Nuno's long term ambitions? Is he in a rush to get back to the Champions League? The fact he's joined a Championship club suggests not. Does he see Wolves as a long-term project with a target of Premier League and possibly even European football, given their spending power and Mendes' global reach? Well he's just signed a three-year contract, for a start.

Does he plan to use the club as a stepping stone to get to the Premier League as soon as possible? Players are do it - Ruben Neves admitted as such - so why should he be any different? Well, while he's an ambitious man, all the noises he's made thus far suggests that isn't the case with Nuno. Not yet anyway.

When asked in the summer why he gone from Valencia and Porto to a Championship club, Nuno answered that the 'project' was what lured him to Wolverhampton. Four months on there's no reason to doubt this.

Time will tell, but in this particular instance the Everton link does have the stinky whiff of a ruse cooked up to boost Nuno's profile.

And if links with bigger clubs are the price of doing well, Wolves fans will take that.

It goes without saying, if he were to leave it would be an unquantifiable disaster. It's Nuno whose vision Wolves are enacting, it's Nuno who has revolutionised the team's playing style, mentality and ethos in just a few short months, it's Nuno whom the players and fans seem to have unstinting confidence and belief in.

The man himself is due to speak today at his pre-Fulham press conference.

Such is his stern reluctance to talk transfers, individual players or the opposition, Nuno's pre-match press conferences rarely offer anything revelatory.

Today may be different. We await his answers with interest.