Next Premier League manager to leave odds - Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou edging closer to trap door

Erik ten Hag went first, then Steve Cooper, swiftly followed by Southampton's Russell Martin and Wolves Gary O'Neil.

Then to start the new year West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui was finally give the flick after an awful six months in charge and that was quickly followed by Everton pulling the trigger on Sean Dyche.

Here, we take a look at the current Premier League contenders heading for the trap door or on their way out under their own steam.

(All odds are correct as of article's last update)

 

Ange Postecoglou (Tottenham) – 2/1

We can hardly keep up Ange Postecoglou's odds in the market as he's been up and down like a yo-yo.

But now we've lost six managers, including clearing the hotseats of the teams lower down the table, Postecoglou's odds have stabilised, and not where he'd want them to be.

After being brushed aside by Liverpool, the Australian dropped to 3/1, while defeats to Forest and a draw with Wolves over Christmas saw his odds tumble further to 15/8.

After the 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle and the scrabbling Cup win over Tamworth, he went to 9/4 and now he's been nudged up to 2/1 after another North London derby defeat.

 

Ivan Juric (Southampton) - 3/1

Southampton's latest manager is already on the market after just four league matches in charge - all defeats - and one cup win.

He's dropped from 20/1 to 10/1, then 7/2 and now 3/1 after those games.

It's still very early days for the Croat, but he didn't last long at Roma earlier in the season either so keep an eye on this one.

He also kneels down a lot during matches, and bookies probably don't like that.

 

Ruud van Nistelrooy (Leicester) - 7/2

Welcome to the Premier League Ruud. The big defeat to Newcastle had the former Manchester United striker enter this market at 20/1 to be the next manager to get the chop.

Wolves truly punctured the honeymoon bubble with a 3-0 win at the King Power, and Van Nistelrooy dropped to 18/1.

Two more defeats over Christmas, granted against Liverpool and Man City, saw his odds tumble further to 12/1.

Doubts over Dyche's job shifted Van Nistelrooy back up to 20/1, despite a fifth consecutive Premier League defeat to Aston Villa.

Then his odds crashed to 8/1 after Lopetegui was sacked by West Ham and then 4/1 when Dyche was also binned.

The midweek defeat to Leicester didn't help his odds either, shuffling him along to 7/2.

 

No manager to leave - 6/1

We are into January now and we've already had a fair chunk of musical chairs in the Premier League.

Understandly 'no manager to leave' has been way down the market for most of the season, but has only started to come in now we are middle stretch of the campaign.

Odds of 6/1 already seems a bit skinny given the hot water Big Ange is in, and that Juric and Van Nistelrooy are already starting to drown.

 

Vitor Pereira (Wolves) - 8/1

Vitor Pereira has had a cracking start to his life as the new Wolves head coach, so it's a bit of surprise he's already on this list and starting to rise to the top of it.

The again it is Wolves, and it always feels like whoever their manager is has to be fairly high up this ladder or something is wrong with the world.

Despite being 20/1 after the FA Cup win over Bristol City, he tanked to 8/1 after being brushed aside by Newcastle in midweek.

 

Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) - 9/1

Have Manchester City come out of this nosedive yet?

A 2-0 win over Leicester and brushing West Ham aside 4-1, would hint that things are looking up.

Granted performances against two of the worst teams in the Premier League should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Guardiola's odds dropped as low as 6/1 after losing the Manchester derby in the final minutes and another defeat to Aston Villa.

He leapt back up to the relative safety of 33/1 after beating West Ham, but tumbled again to 14/1 after Lopetegui was sacked and then down to 7/1 with Dyche's exit.

The crushing FA Cup win over Salford pushed him out to 9/1, while the 2-2 draw with Brentford was largely ignored by bookies and he remains at the same.

Guardiola walking is probably more of a worry to the bookies than him getting the sack.

 

David Moyes (Everton) - 12/1

Seeing David Moyes back on this list is like stepping into a pair of warm comfy slippers.

One match back at Everton, which resulted in a defeat to Aston Villa, and the Scot is already at 12/1 in the next manager to depart market.

Welcome back to Premier League football David.

 

Ruben Amorim (Manchester United) - 25/1

No surprise to see Manchester United's latest victim...I mean manager, already high on this market.

Touted as the next best thing since sliced bread by any Manchester United fan you cared to listen to, over Christmas Amorim had all the appeal of a stale pastel de nata.

Amorim was as low as 16/1 after the third consecutive Premier League defeat against Newcastle.

But the 2-2 draw with leaders Liverpool, has installed a bit of confidence in the bookies and he jumped back up to 40/1, before crashing to 25/1 after the Lopetegui news.

He dropped a smidge to 20/1 after Dyche was sacked, but clambered to 25/1 after beating Southampton.

 

Oliver Glasner (Crystal Palace) - 25/1

Oliver Glasner secured a cracking win at Brighton, that dragged his side up to 15th in the table.

But that was soon forgotten after a bottom smacking from Arsenal that saw his odds clip from 33/1 to 25/1.

He remained on  25/1 after the Bournemouth draw and Southampton win, but was pushed out to 40/1 after drawing with Chelsea on Saturday.

Again his odds were slashed to 25/1 with the goings on at West Ham, and shortened to 20/1 with the Dyche sacking.

But he climbed back to 25/1 after the Leicester victory.

 

Kieran McKenna (Ipswich) - 25/1

McKenna had been as safe as houses in this market around 33/1, until the last minute defeat to Brentford.

His odds dropped to 12/1, which also might have had something to do with McKenna having an outside shot at the Man Utd job.

The Ipswich boss drifted slightly to 16/1 after the 1-1 draw with Leicester and then leapt away from danger to 25/1 after beating Tottenham in their own back yard.

The 1-1 draw with Manchester United pushed him out further to 40/1, and he even stayed there after defeats to Forest, Palace.and Bournemouth.

He dropped to 12/1 after Martin and O'Neil were sacked but beating Wolves, Chelsea and drawing with Fulham pushed him out to 50/1.

Then shortened to 40/1 thanks to Lopetegui and then further to 28/1 thanks to Dyche.

The 2-0 defeat to Brighton saw him shortened to 25/1.

 

Enzo Maresca (Chelsea) - 28/1

Makes you wonder what all the fuss about when Enzo Maresca was in the top three of this list at the start of the season.

From 11/2 to 8/1, then 20/1 after dismantling West Ham, Cole Palmer's four against Brighton took him to 40/1.

He remained on this mark after the 2-1 defeat to Liverpool, the 2-1 win over Newcastle, the 1-1 draws with Manchester United and Arsenal, plus the 2-1 win over Leicester.

Nudging out further to 50/1 after beating Villa, and then a massive 100/1 after dispatching Southampton, Tottenham, Brentford and then drawing with Everton.

Two consecutive defeats over Christmas, to Fulham and Ipswich, followed by a draw with Crystal Palace saw his odds shorten slightly to 80/1, and then down to 50/1 thanks to Lopetegui.

He shrank to 28/1 after Dyche was handed his marching orders, and stayed on that mark after drawing with Bournemouth.

 

Graham Potter (West Ham) - 33/1

Football is cruel, especially as new West Ham boss Graham Potter is already at 33/1 despite a battling win over Fulham and an unlucky FA Cup defeat to Aston Villa.

We've missed Potter on this list, so will give him a nice warm welcoming hug.

 

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) - 33/1

That sound you hear is Arsenal fans moaning about how terrible life is under Mikel Arteta.

The FA Cup defeat to Manchester United saw calls for Arteta to be sacked get louder and louder, and now everyone is jumping up and down about it.

Bookies don't like this kind of noise and now have Arteta as low as 33/1 to be next manager to depart. 

 

Marco Silva (Fulham) - 40/1

Bar the November blip against Wolves, Marco Silva is doing a fine job at Fulham.

He was as high as 66/1 to be the next manager to depart after beating Brighton and Chelsea and drawing with Arsenal, Liverpool, Southampton, Bournemouth and Ipswich.

However, Fulham's first defeat since November, against West Ham, moved Silva down to 40/1.

 

Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton) - 40/1

We've not been worried about Hurzeler for the last five moths as Brighton were doing so well.

However, losing to big rivals Crystal Palace saw his odds shorten to 40/1, from 60/1, and he stayed there after the draws with West Ham, Brentford and Aston Villa.

He's shifted back up to 40/1 after drawing with Arsenal at the weekend, and shortened to 33/1 with the two sackings.

Beating Ipswich moved him out to 40/1.

 

Thomas Frank (Brentford) - 40/1

Frank has been comfortably sitting in the 50/1 and above section of this market, for most of the season.

He'd climbed to 66/1 after beating Newcastle 4-2, and then was shortened back to 50/1 after the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.

There was no change to his odds after the home defeats to Forest and Arsenal and the draw with Brighton.

Thumping Southampton rocketed his odds up to 100/1, and then down to 66/1 with the Lopetegui news and 50/1 with the Dyche news.

Drawing 2-2 with Manchester City saw his odds shorten to 40/1.

 

Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth) – 50/1

The bookmakers initially priced the Spaniard at 6/1 second favourite to be the next Premier League manager to leave his post before the 2024/25 season began.

But following a decent start to the campaign, Iraola's odds dropped to 18/1 and despite the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea and 3-0 defeat to Liverpool, he's pushed out even further from 25/1 to 40/1.

The comprehensive 3-1 win over Southampton, saw his odds push out even further to 50/1.

Beating Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United has made him one of the safest managers in this market at 66/1.

He's was as high as 100/1 after the Tottenham and Ipswich victories, and he was back at that level after beating Everton.

He shortened to 50/1 with the West Ham and Everton sackings and stayed there after drawing with Chelsea.

 

Eddie Howe (Newcastle) – 66/1

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has been clambering up and down this market all season.

He's been as low as 14/1 and as high as 66/1 at various points of the campaign.

Losing to an awful West Ham side and then drawing with Palace didn't help his prospects as he tumbled down to 16/1.

But the fantastic 3-3 draw with Liverpool put him up to 33/1, before the 4-2 defeat to Brentford dragged him back down to 20/1.

Beating Leicester 4-0 actually saw his odds drop back to 16/1, but he's pulled clear again to 66/1 after beating Ipswich, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Tottenham and Wolves in the Premier League.

 

Nuno Espirito Santo (Nottingham Forest) - 100/1

Nuno was in trouble at the start of the season, but an away win at previously unbeaten Liverpool, strapped rocket boots onto the former Wolves boss and he's never looked back.

Putting a halt to Chelsea's winning run with a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge, followed by victories over Crystal Palace, Leicester and West Ham and Nuno pushed out to a massive 66/1.

Nuno was out to 80/1 after an amazing recent six game winning run beating Manchester United, Aston Villa, Brentford, Tottenham, Everton and Wolves.

He was the only manager not to drift in the market after sackings at West Ham and Everton and is back up to 100/1 after drawing with Liverpool.

 

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