Whatever Warnock’s legacy it certainly does not include leaving a top two squad and well he knows it! A massive £49m net spend - so who does he think would walk into a Leeds or West Brom side?

Far from steadying the ship, by staying beyond the end of last season Warnock left the club with an even greater task sorting out the squad he left behind.

Thanks to the lengthy contracts and big wages dealt out by the so-called ‘transfer committee’ progression from the out-dated football of the Warnock era is not going to be so easy.