Next Leicester manager: Bookies reveal new favourite if Brendan Rodgers is sacked, former Arsenal boss trails Bielsa
THOMAS FRANK is the leading candidate to replace Brendan Rodgers as manager of Leicester City.
That’s according to bookmakers Betfair, who’ve installed the Brentford boss at 13/8 to arrive at the King Power Stadium.
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Several candidates are in the running with Sean Dyche second in the betting at 5/2, narrowly ahead of Mauricio Pochettino (9/2).
Former Everton boss Rafa Benitez is available at 6s, while Marcelo Bielsa and Southampton’s Ralph Hasenhuttl are offered at 17/2 and 10/1 respectively.
A Premier League return for Unai Emery is priced at 14/1, followed closely by 16/1 trio Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Daniel Farke and Scott Parker.
Speculation surrounding the future of Brendan Rodgers continues amid the club’s appalling form.
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- Thomas Frank – 13/8
- Sean Dyche – 5/2
- Mauricio Pochettino – 9/2
- Rafa Benitez – 6/1
- Marcelo Bielsa – 17/2
- Ralph Hasenhuttl – 10/1
- Unai Emery – 14/1
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – 16/1
- Daniel Farke – 16/1
- Scott Parker – 16/1
- Dean Smith – 20/1
- Steve Cooper – 20/1
The Foxes are winless and rock-bottom of the division having taken a single point from their opening seven matches.
Leicester’s 22 goals conceded is the most any team has shipped after seven games of a Premier League season, and the most in the English top-flight since 1965.
Rodgers’ side have kept just two clean sheets in 19 games, and conceded 25 set-piece goals since the start of the 2021-22 season.
The bookies had priced the 49-year-old at 3/10 to be the next top-flight boss relieved of his duties.
But that price has stabilised to Evens after various reports claimed it would cost upwards of £10m to dismiss the Northern Irishman.
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