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We continue our look at the favourites for Brighton manager…
3) PHIL NEVILLE
Phil Neville, a former caretaker at Salford City and assistant at Valencia, is currently manager of England Women.
The ex Manchester United and Everton player won his first trophy as manager with them which was the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, England’s first title in that competition.
It would be a surprise if he left for Brighton now as his side are in this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will be shown live on BBC and ITV.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 8/1
2) FRANK LAMPARD
Frank Lampard has had a great first season in charge of Derby County, taking them to the Championship playoffs, where they still compete for Premier League promotion, though have work to do as they are 1-0 down on aggregate to Leeds.
Derby is his first spell as a manager, he signed a three year contract on the 31st of May in 2018.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 7/2
1) GRAHAM POTTER
He was the head coach of Swedish Allsvenskan club Östersunds FK between 2010 and 2018.
In December 2010, Potter signed a three-year contract as coach of Östersunds FK, who were then playing in the fourth tier of Swedish football. Potter was offered the job after Graeme Jones, his friend and assistant to Roberto Martínez at Swansea City, recommended him to chairman Daniel Kindberg after their pre-season friendly with Swansea.
In 2013, after two successive promotions, Potter extended his contract with the club for another three years. On 27 October 2015, Östersunds FK secured promotion to the Swedish top flight, Allsvenskan, for the first time in their history. On 13 April 2017 he won his first title as Östersund won the Swedish Cup. This granted the team a place in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 Europa League where they defeated Galatasaray 3–1 on aggregate. In the third round they defeated Fola Esch 3–1 on aggregate and in the play-offs they knocked out PAOK (3–3 on aggregate with more away goals), thus securing a historic entry into the Europa League group stage. Despite beating Arsenal 2–1 at the Emirates, they exited the competition after losing 4–2 on aggregate.
He was appointed at Swansea in June 2018 and guided them to a 10th place finish in the Championship, with a win percentage of 41.
Bookies have made him the favourite for the Brighton job, however on Tuesday the 14th of May, Swansea rejected the Seagulls’ approach for him.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 1/6
Other managers listed in the odds are newly sacked Chris Coleman, Rangers boss Steven Gerrard, David Moyes, Alan Pardew and Claudio Ranieri.
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