The Wigan Athletic manager was 20/1 to succeed Mick McCarthy at Ipswich Town, as recently as last week.
Wigan Athletic’s Paul Cook is the new favourite to be Ipswich Town’s next manager with Sky Bet.
Cook has gone from 20/1 to 3/1 over the course of the weekend – in which he oversaw Wigan’s return to the Championship – with Lincoln City’s Danny Cowley (2/1 to 4/1) and former England midfielders Steven Gerrard (4/1 to 6/1) and Frank Lampard (7/1) among those overtaken by the 51-year-old.
Given Cook’ promotion expertise – he previously led Chesterfield and Portsmouth into League One – it would be little surprise to see Championship clubs such as Ipswich take an interest, despite him having never before managed above the third tier.
Although whether the Liverpudlian would consider a move from nearby Wigan to Ipswich, a four-and-a-half-hour-drive away, remains to be seen.
Other than Cook’s odds shortening, there are no other changes of note where the Sky Bet market is concerned, with Tony Mowbray (8/1), Jack Ross, Maurice Steijn and Shefki Kuqi (all 10/1) still behind the leading contenders.
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