We continue our look at the favourites for Sheffield Wednesday manager…
3) GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is a retired Dutch footballer and a former manager of Feyenoord.
As a midfielder/left back, he scored 52 times in 422 matches for Rangers, Arsenal, Barcelona, Feyenoord and RK Waalwijk.
In his first full season, Van Bronckhorst led Feyenoord to win the 2015–16 KNVB Cup. His second saw him won the Eredivisie title, Feyenoord’s first in 18 years. but then in January 2018, he announced he would be leaving at the end of the 2018/19 season, they finished 3rd and 18 points before PSV in second and 21 behind champions Ajax.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 5/1
2) GIANFRANCO ZOLA
Gianfranco Zola was most recently the assistant manager of Chelsea, but departed after a year in the role.
He has been in charge of Birmingham City, Al-Arabi, Cagliari, Watford, Italy U16 and West Ham United as well as having a playing career with Cagliari, Chelsea, Parma, Napoli, Torres, Nuorese and Italy of course.
In his time at Birmingham – between December 2016 and April 2017 – he replaced Gary Rowett with the club 7th in the table, didn’t win until his 11th game in charge, then resigned with the club three points above the drop with three games to go. They won twice his 24 matches at the helm.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 7/2
1) LEE BULLEN
Lee Bullen is part of the senior coaching set up at Wednesday, since 2015, having been a youth coach at the club before earning a promotion.
He is a fan favourite, the former Owls captain made 134 appearances and twice stood in as a caretaker.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 3/1
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