Sean Dyche is the bookies’ early favourite to replace Scott Parker as Bournemouth manager, while Chris Wilder, Michael Carrick and Thierry Henry are also in the running.
Despite it being just four games into the new season, the Cherries brutally axed Parker – the manager who’d guided them back into the top-flight – in the wake of their 9-0 thrashing at Liverpool.
And according to oddschecker, former Burnley boss Dyche – who has been without a job since he was sacked by the Clarets in April – is the bookmakers’ early favourite at 2/1 to take over on the south coast.
Former Burnley boss Sean Dyche is the favourite to succeed Scott Parker at Bournemouth
Bournemouth sacked Parker on Tuesday and accused him of showing a lack of respect
Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder is next at 6/1 to replace Parker after a mixed start to the Championship campaign on Teesside.
Gary O’Neil, who has taken over temporary charge at the Vitality after Parker’s dismissal, is 10/1 to take the job permanently while Manchester United icon Carrick is 12/1 on to take his first permanent role as manager.
The bookies are also pushing Henry as a 12/1 contender given his prior links with the Bournemouth job last year.
Henry was one of the leading candidates to take on the Cherries job in February 2021 but was pipped to the role by Jonathan Woodgate, who was only given the job until the end of the season before Parker took over.
Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder is 6/1 to replace Parker after a mixed start to the season
The club currently sit 17th in the Premier League table, with the thrashing by the Reds following 3-0 and 4-0 reverses by Arsenal and Man City after their opening-weekend win against Aston Villa.
The 9-0 thrashing saw Parker voice his frustrations with Bournemouth’s activity in the transfer market this summer, insisting his young team are ‘underequipped’ to take on the challenges of the Premier League after earning promotion last season.
The ex-Fulham boss said after the humiliation at Anfield there were ‘millions of reasons’ why the squad had not been strengthened to his liking.
And with his frustration boiling over, the 41-year-old leaves the Vitality Stadium and becomes the first top-flight managerial casualty of the new campaign just four games in.
Bournemouth owner Maxim Demin however said: ‘I…