sound out

The 45-year-old has spoken recently of "unfinished business" in management and revealed he has started sounding out candidates for his backroom staff.

"I hope you are all safe and sound out there."

Fulham, Crystal Palace and West Ham were among the London clubs sounded out, but those options never materialised.

Children best learn to read by starting with foundational skills such as sounding out and decoding words.

But a stream of faulty alerts continued to sound out the following day.