So far then, it's looking like:
Jose - was #1 but was only ever using us as a last resort back up plan, he always wanted United. Next.
Koeman - seems to be #2, and once again doesn't seem genuinely interested despite the huge wedge and project on offer, using us as leverage against Southampton. Next.
Emery - coming in at #3, the man I really want and noises have been promising. Does have a history though of playing clubs off against Sevilla to gain a better deal, could be doing exactly that right now too. Seems to be the last great manager with any real chance of signing.
Pellegrini and De Boer clearly aren't on our priorities list or they would've been signed by now.
If Emery rejects us I'm not sure where that leaves us. It's starting to look like we're not as attractive a proposition as we think we are. A link to Mancini growing I suppose but that could just be conjecture, though he'd be better than plenty of others out there for sure.