There are seemingly three certainties in life. Death, taxes and Jody Morris getting linked with a job in south Wales.
The door had only just closed behind Steve Morison before the former Derby County and Chelsea assistant was mentioned as a possible interested party in the top job at Cardiff City Stadium, having seemingly been in the frame the last time the hot seat was vacated in the capital.
In light of Mick McCarthy's departure, there was certainly some enthusiasm among some sections of the Cardiff boardroom to bring Morris on board, despite the former Chelsea midfielder never having held a previous position in senior management.
But when you've helped bring through the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Reece James, Fiyako Tomori, Billy Gilmour and Mason Mount, it's bound to catch a few admiring glances.
Just months before those links to the capital, he'd actually held talks with Swansea City over their vacant managerial post and was one of the final two candidates alongside Russell Martin.
Morris was down to the final two candidates before the Swans eventually opted to go for Martin, and has remained out of the managerial picture since, although it clearly hasn't dampened his enthusiasm for landing a top job at some point, recently revealing he has still sought counsel from his old pal Frank Lampard.
"I always thought I was going to be a manager myself, but didn't think it would maybe come around as quickly as possible," Morris told the Mirror recently, while looking back on the thought put into considering an offer from an unnamed Championship club shortly after leaving Chelsea.
"[Lampard] was like 'mate, you have to do it,'" he adds. "Then, once I'd kind of gone for interview I started thinking about that long term.
"Frank at the time was like 'I'm not even sure if I'm going to get back into management, I don't know when I want to take a job'. He can afford to never take a job in his life where I needed to go back to work, and the fact that this club wanted to talk to me about the manager's job, it kind of made my mind up."
But while he is keen to get his chance as a manager soon, he insists any job he considers will have to be the right fit.
Indeed, if he's to get the nod at Cardiff, he most likely be made to wait, with the club set to give current interim boss Mark Hudson a chance to prove his credentials over the coming week.
At the moment, Morris is seemingly open to ideas.
"I'm not turning my nose up at going below Championship or anything, it's just that it just needed to be maybe a little more suitable for me," he added.
"It's hard enough, the management game as it is, let alone taking something you're not 100 per cent convinced about. It's actively something I'm trying to do but it just might take a bit of time.
"If I have an opportunity to work with another manager or another coach at another club, it's certainly something I'd be open to," he added. "But right now I'm hoping I maybe get an opportunity from a management perspective
"Still sitting here fingers crossed hoping that it won't be too long now, but it's definitely something I want to do."
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