Bilic becomes overnight favourite for the sack

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has been made the over night bookies favourite for the first Premier League manager to be sacked. Yesterday Bilic was the fourth favourite at 4/1 behind Frank De Boer, Rafa Benitez and Antonio Conte but he has been made the odds on favourite overnight after the crushing 3-0 defeat at Newcastle.  Sky Bet have him at 8/15  Bet Victor 4/6 and Paddy Power 10/11.

Meanwhile, Rafa Benitez slipped from the second favourite at 7/2 to the third favourite at 12/1 for the boot. Frank De Boer is now the second favourite for first Premier League manager to be sacked at 5/2.

In April this year, West Ham were forced to release an official press statement on WHUFC.com after similar press speculation.

At the time the statement read “To end speculation once and for all, the West Ham United Board feel it necessary to announce that we have 100 per cent faith in Slaven Bilic’s ability to lead West Ham United.

Despite press speculation to the contrary, the manager’s position is not under threat. The Board know that Slaven and his coaching staff have the full backing of the playing squad and the overwhelming majority of supporters to lead West Ham United out of this difficult spell.

The Board now urge all supporters to unite behind the manager, his staff and the squad as we go into some important games. We all have complete confidence in their ability to end a testing run of results and finish the season on a high.”