Pellegrini tipped for Irons job

Slaven Bilic’s odds against being the next Premier League manager to leave have lengthened over the past couple of weeks but remain too short for his own comfort.

At one stage after the appalling opening trio of games, he was close to or odds on to get the boot but four points since has obviously helped his cause.

However, he remains at 7/4 to leave some way in front of those behind him.

Ronald Koeman at Everton comes into the frame as the second favourite – despite a massive summer spend – at 3/1 with a manager often mentioned as a possible replacement for Bilic, Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe at  6/1.

Meanwhile SkyBet even have a book on who could replace Bilic with Manuel Pellegrini – currently managing in China – as the 7/4 favourite, followed by Rafa Benitez at 4/1, Slavisa Jokanovic at 7/1 and Roberto Mancini at 8/1.