Wise, currently doing well at Swindon and close to Bates from their Chelsea days, has been connected by speculation to Leeds for some time but Swindon would require some form of compensation if he left.
In contrast Curbishley, Hoddle and O'Leary are freely available, with O'Leary still living in Harrogate and understood not to be averse to a return to the club he managed for four years until his dismissal in 2002.