NEXT FULHAM MANAGER LATEST ODDS SHOW SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON FAVOURED
Alan Curbishley has reportedly distanced himself from the Next Fulham Manager gig and is not confident about getting the call. Paddy Power still consider him to be the second favourite to get the nod to replace Roy Hodgson, who has taken over the Liverpool role vacated by Rafa Benitez.
Curbs is listed at a 3/1 price by the venerable Irish bookmaker and that puts him in ahead of other contenders like Lee Clark and Mark Hughes.
Sven Goran Eriksson's odds to be named Next Fulham Manager remain the shortest ones with a 9/4 price for the high-profile Swede to move back to club football. I'm not sure how keen that Cottagers fans might be about the appointment but you get the feeling that he would definitely be interested in the job if it was offered to him by Al-Fayed.
The aforementioned Lee Clark can be backed at a 7/2 price while Mark Hughes is trading at 11/2. I actually think Hughes would get tremendous support from the fans and would probably do a great job. I think he was a bit unlucky at Manchester City and you wonder whether his replacement really did much better than he would have anyway.
Slaven Bilic is always linked with every single Premiership job and he's at 7/1 though his odds should be longer. Carlos Queiroz is an interesting bet in this post-world cup scenario and he's priced at 16/1. He'd be a very intriguing signing and it would certainly add an extra element to United vs Fulham matches.
Gianfranco Zola isn't entirely out of the question and he's listed at a 28/1 price. Martin Jol is listed at 33/1 with Gareth Southgate trading at 40/1 alongside Paul Jewell. Stuart Pearce is at 50/1 while Manuel Pellegrini wouldn't be completely out of the question with a 50/1 price tag.
Chris Coleman's odds are at 66/1 to make a dramatic return to Fulham while Jean Tigana is priced at a lengthy 100/1. Steve McLaren to take over would pay out at 100/1 as well with Steve Bruce priced at 80/1.