Next Premier League manager to leave odds guide

The Premier League season is well and truly underway and it’s been a fiery and disruptive beginning.

We have already seen Bournemouth’s Scott Parker lose his position, followed by Thomas Tuchel’s surprise exit from Chelsea, while Graham Potter left Brighton to fill the departing German’s shoes. Who will be next?

Managers are almost always given the blame for poor performances, and here we take a look at the likely candidates in the Premier League that could be shown the door sooner rather than later.

Brendan Rodgers – Leicester City

A manager that has seen success with Leicester, Brendan Rodgers, was appointed in the second half of the 2018/19 season and helped the Foxes achieve a ninth-place finish. He then went on to have a fantastic first full season, finishing in fifth place in the league and achieving European football for the first time since the famous title-winning campaign.

Leicester and Rodgers had another fantastic season in 2020/21 finishing fifth again and winning the FA Cup, though the Foxes underperformed in Europe the following season and slipped to eighth place in the league.

Unfortunately, Rodgers’ luck seems to have ended abruptly this season, with Leicester sitting at the bottom of the table on just one point from seven games – making Rodgers the only manager yet to win this season.

The Northern Irishman looks to be living on borrowed time at Leicester and is now the 4/9 favourite to be the next manager shown the door.

Steve Cooper – Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest’s Steve Cooper is next in line for the chop at 9/2. Some may argue that critics have a short memory since Cooper was only recently highly praised for his role in achieving promotion to the Premier League after recently joining the side in 2021.

However, it’s likely Cooper is under pressure due to his summer spending spree, which saw the club put pen to paper on a whopping 22 new signings.

Having spent such a huge amount, it could be argued that Forest have started the season more slowly than they should have, currently lying 19th in the table with a -11 goal difference.

Their upcoming game against Leicester will be a big hurdle for Cooper and his players, and if they fail to perform then some serious questions will be asked by the board of directors.

Bruno Lage – Wolves

Portuguese manager, Bruno Lage, joined Wolves just last year, and lead them to 10th place in the table. However, the start of this season has not shaped up to plan, with Wolves currently one place above the relegation zone in 17th, with just one win to their name thus far.

Many have leaped to the defence of Lage when it was suggested his position might be under threat, however some fans feel this may be a ‘no smoke without fire’ moment, as the pressure piles on him for the side to deliver.

Upcoming fixtures against West Ham and Chelsea will be key in determining the side’s fate this season, and if Lage’s team can’t pull off a decent performance then his job may be in jeopardy.

Lage is currently 5/1 to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job.

David Moyes – West Ham

David Moyes took charge of West Ham for the second time in December 2019 and managed to lead the club to Premier League survival. In the two seasons since the Hammers have looked a different side under Moyes, finishing fifth and sixth in the league and enjoying a run to the Europa League semi-final.

Such success is always going to bring expectation and with it pressure, which is certainly now mounting in east London after West Ham’s poor start to the season. They currently lie in the relegation zone, with only four points from their first seven games.

Most worrying of all for Moyes will be their apparent inability to find the net, and they are the league’s joint lowest scoring side with three goals.

Failure to win upcoming games against Wolves and Fulham will only ramp up the pressure on the Scotsman and he is currently the 6/1 fourth-favourite to be next out of a role.

Steven Gerrard (Aston Villa) and Ralph Hasenhuttl (Southampton)

Steven Gerrard has bolstered his squad this season with the arrival of Diego Carlos, a proven defender in La Liga, and with the likes of Philippe Coutinho in their ranks on a permanent basis now, meaning Villa have a highly talented squad. However, Gerrard was dealt a blow when Carlos ruptured an achilles tendon early in August, meaning he will miss up to half the season.

Having spent plenty of cash in the transfer market, the pressure will still be on Gerrard, though, and given their season finished with a bit of a whimper last year, the hierarchy won’t be full of patience.

Villa’s confidence looks low at the moment, currently 15th in the table with four losses from seven played. Despite boasting a win over Southampton last time out, Gerrard will be hoping for some luck in his upcoming games against Leeds United and Nottingham Forest.

Steven Gerrard is still the 12/1 fifth-favourite to leave his position next.

Managing Southampton since December 2018, Ralph Hasenhuttl was brought in as a replacement to Mark Hughes.

He guided Southampton to safety in his first season with the club, before achieving 11th place the season after – the best finish during his tenure. In the two seasons since, Southampton have finished 15th twice, unfortunately for Hasenhuttl, a league position that doesn’t correspond with the club’s higher ambitions.

The Austrian manager will be disappointed to be 14th in the table after what has been yet another mediocre beginning to the season for Southampton. With the prospect of another below-par season on the cards and no further progress, Hasenhuttl is 16/1 to lose his job next.

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