Next Fulham Manager Odds: Steve Cooper, Frank Lampard, Roy Hodgson, and Chris Wilder all feature
Scott Parker was elevated into the Fulham hot-seat as caretaker manager during a testing period in which the club had sacked both Slavisa Jokanovic and Claudio Ranieri in the space of three chaotic months.
Parker was unable to save the Cottagers from the drop down to the Championship but he was handed the job full-time and proceeded to orchestrate an instant return to the Premier League.
However, another relegation followed last season, and now the young manager is set to leave Craven Cottage once both parties dot the i's and cross the t's on the mutual termination of his contract, as reported by Sky Sports.
The 40-year-old is now expected to make an instant return to management with fellow Championship outfit Bournemouth, who feature alongside Fulham in the early cluster of favourites to win promotion to the Premier League next season.
The fast-paced nature of football means that while Parker has not yet officially left yet - he will reportedly depart this week - there’s already plenty of chatter as to who could succeed him in the Cottagers dugout, with Bet Victor subsequently opening up the next Fulham manager odds for the first time since 2019.
In as the early favourite is Steve Cooper who can be backed at evens to switch Swansea for Fulham.
The Swans boss, who has twice featured in the Championship play-offs, has been hotly linked with the vacancy at Crystal Palace, however the Eagles have just enjoyed a round of positive talks with former Dortmund boss Lucien Favre who is the odds-on favourite.
We then have a cluster of out-of-work managers including Eddie Howe (8/1), Frank Lampard (10/1), plus Patrick Vieira, Derek McInnes, Alex Neil, and Chris Wilder who can be found at 12/1 in the betting.
Each of those bosses offer a different skillset; from Lampard’s development of youth and Neil’s Championship experience, to Howe’s employment of attractive football and Wilder’s history of promotions with multiple clubs.
Thierry Henry, currently back in the Belgium coaching set-up at Euro 2020, could well catch the eye at 14/1, ahead of former Fulham boss Roy Hodgson (16/1) who left Palace last month and is believed to be after one last challenge in management.
The 73-year-old previously saved Fulham from relegation, he led them to a club-record 7th in the Premier League, then memorably took Bobby Zamora, Zoltán Gera, Damien Duff and co all the way through to the UEFA Cup final, before leaving to take charge of Liverpool.
Sam Allardyce, who left West Brom at the end of the season, is also priced at 16/1 but given his comments at the time of his exit he doesn’t seem keen to invest himself in a new long-term project down in the Championship.
Untested young coaches Michael Carrick (Man Utd) and John Terry (Aston Villa) are both available at 20/1, alongside another former Fulham manager Chris Coleman.
Michael Duff (Cheltenham) and Neil Critchley (Blackpool) have just enjoyed promotion-winning seasons at their respective clubs - both 20/1 - whereas Callum Davidson is sure to feature in many a future manager market following his superb double cup success in Scotland with St Johnstone.
In terms of left-field suggestions, Andrea Pirlo is available after leaving Juventus, as is former Fulham loanee Vincenzo Montella, who has previously managed the likes of AC Milan, Sevilla, and Fiorentina.
There’s also the former Fulham assistant Javier Pereira - under Slavisa Jokanovic - although he’s currently employed over in China at Henan Jianye.
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