Following Leicester’s defeat at Manchester United in the opening fixture of the 2018/19 Premier League season, Claude Puel is now the 5/2 favourite at Boylesports in the Premier League Sack Race. Former Southampton boss Puel was drafted by the Foxes after a difficult start to last season, taking over on October 25th, 2017.
The Foxes did get themselves a top half of the table finish last term but with wins few and far between for them under Puel there was always likely to be some early pressure on him. At the back end of last season, Leicester lost five of their final seven games (W1 D1). So immediately after their defeat at Old Trafford, the pressure is back on Puel.
Leicester replacement
The Foxes did invest fairly heavily over the summer as well with Danny Ward from Liverpool, Rachid Ghezzal from Monaco (a replacement for Riyad Mahrez), Caglar Soyuncu from Freiburg and Filip Benkovic from Dinamo Zagreb. So with Puel feeling the heat early on again, it, of course, raises the question of who to consider in the next Leicester manager betting market.
Boylesports has Brendan Rodgers as the 6/1 favourite* (betting odds taken at 9:23 pm on August 12th, 2018) to be the next Leicester boss, with Rafa Benitez not too far behind at 15/2 odds* (betting odds taken at 9:23 pm on August 12th, 2018). But the main contenders in the market are all managers currently in jobs which is naturally harder to get.
There were reports in the Sunday papers that Roberto Martinez and Thierry Henry are being fancied as big outsiders to get the job. It is a tricky time to make a change of manager but Puel’s future has a decent chance of turning positive. Leicester have a home derby against Wolves next weekend and through to the middle of October, they only meet one of the big guns in the league, Liverpool at the start of September.
There are winnable games coming up for the Foxes but of course, it actually producing those wins. Leicester are 19/20 favourites to beat Wolves who are 11/4 for next week’s’ big Midlands clash* (betting odds taken at 9:23 pm on August 12th, 2018).
Next Leicester Manager Odds*
Brendan Rodgers 6/1
Rafa Benitez 15/2
David Wagener 10/1
Sean Dyche 12/1
Sam Allardyce 14/1
Eddie Howe 16/1
Nigel Pearson 20/1
Michael O’Neill 25/1
Roberto Mancini 33/1
Claudio Ranieri 50/1
David Moyes 50/1
Guus Hiddink 50/1
Louis van Gaal 50/1
Mark Warburton 50/1
Martin O’Neill 50/1
Bar 66/1
* (betting odds taken from Betfair at 9:23 pm on August 12th, 2018)
