West Bromwich Albion parted ways with manager Alan Pardew on Monday.
West Bromwich Albion are hunting for a third manager of the season after parting ways with Alan Pardew on Monday afternoon.
The Baggies lost 2-1 at home to Burnley on Saturday afternoon to make it 10 Premier League games without a victory, with relegation looking more and more likely.
West Brom sit bottom of the Premier League table, 10 points adrift of safety and set for the Championship having won just three times in 32 games this season.
Under Pardew, West Brom have won just three times in all competitions, and the 56-year-old leaves with a win rate of less than 15% after a nightmare spell at The Hawthorns.
Pardew as only appointed as Tony Pulis’ replacement back in November, but West Brom are now hunting for his replacement already – and bookmakers have been pricing up odds, as compiled by Oddschecker.
The early favourite is somewhat controversial, as Mick McCarthy is leading the way at 5/2, in what would be a shock move. McCarthy is leaving Ipswich at the end of the season and is a seasoned Championship boss, but his links to West Brom’s rivals Wolves – where he managed for nearly six years – could make him unpopular.
Three former Baggies men are in the frame too. Ex-Baggies coach Nigel Pearson is in at 8/1, whilst former midfielders Michael Appleton, currently Leicester City assistant, and Derek McInnes, now with Aberdeen, are at 10/3 and 6/1 respectively.
Other names mentioned are Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder at 5/1, Craig Shakespeare at 8/1 and West Bromwich-born Brentford boss Dean Smith at 10/1, meaning there are a host of options close together in the odds right now.
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