Van Wijk spent four years on Norwich City’s books as a player in the 1980s.
Union Berlin boss Jens Keller
Two overseas managers are the standout names on Sky Bet‘s list of list of candidates to succeed Alex Neil at Norwich City.
Despite being nowhere to be seen earlier in the week, Dennis van Wijk and Jens Keller are now the sixth and second favourite, respectively, to take over at Carrow Road.
Van Wijk’s name will be familiar to Norwich fans of a certain vintage, having played as a left-back for the Canaries between 1982 and 1986.
Now 52, he is currently in charge of Belgian second tier side Oud-Heverlee Leuven, who narrowly avoided a second successive relegation this season.
Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has recently acquired Dennis van Wijk’s club OH Leuven
Keller, meanwhile, led Union Berlin to the brink of promotion to Germany’s Bundesliga in his first campaign in charge, having previously managed VFB Stuttgart and Schalke 04.
Fleetwood Town boss Uwe Rosler remains the Sky Bet front-runner with odds of 6/5, drifting slightly from 10/11 earlier in the week, with Huddersfield Town’s David Wagner [9/2], Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Paul Lambert [7/1] and Leeds United’s Garry Monk [10/1] currently sandwiched between Keller [11/4] and Van Wijk [11/1].
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal
Lincoln City’s Danny Cowley and Sheffield Wednesday’s Carlos Carvalhal have both been linked with the Norwich post this week, but are still considered outsiders with the bookmaker, occupying odds of 14/1 and 16/1 respectively.
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