Cardiff City next manager odds as former Aston Villa and Norwich boss Dean Smith early favourite

Dean Smith has been installed as the bookmakers' favourite to take the manager's job at Cardiff City.

The former Norwich City and Aston Villa boss is out of work after being sacked by the Canaries when they were fifth in the Championship after Christmas.

He is the man, priced at 3/1, the bookies think will take over from Mark Hudson, who was sacked as Bluebirds boss after a 1-1 draw with Wigan Athletic on Saturday evening. You can follow live updates of the fallout here.

Chris Wilder, who was most recently in work with Middlesbrough having done a fantastic job guiding Sheffield United to the Premier League, is next in line at 4/1.

Then we have Leam Richardson, who most-recently was sacked by Wigan Athletic, and Liam Manning, who was sacked as MK Dons boss at the beginning of December.

Then there are some more familiar names, with former Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock and ex-defender Sol Bamba both priced at 8/1. Just last week, Mark Hudson told the press the board had categorically ruled out a move for Warnock. Will that have changed in the space of a week? We will find out soon enough.

Other notable names include ex-Nottingham Forest and QPR boss Mark Warburton (12/1), current temporary boss Dean Whitehead (16/1), Steve Bruce (16/1), Steven Gerrard (16/1) and even Swansea City boss Russell Martin (25/1).

Cardiff City next manager odds in full

Dean Smith 3/1

Chris Wilder 4/1

Leam Richardson 7/1

Liam Manning 8/1

Neil Warnock 8/1

Sol Bamba 8/1

Mark Warburton 12/1

Chris Hughton 16/1

Darrell Clarke 16/1

Dean Whitehead 16/1

Grant McCann 16/1

Lee Bowyer 16/1

Robbie Keane 16/1

Sam Allardyce 16/1

Sean Dyche 16/1

Steve Bruce 16/1

Steven Gerrard 16/1

Steven Schumacher 16/1

Anthony Barry 20/1

Chris Coleman 20/1

Duncan Ferguson 20/1

Gareth Ainsworth 20/1

Joey Barton 20/1

Michael Flynn 20/1

Bob Bradley 25/1

Daniel Farke 25/1

David Artell 25/1

Graham Alexander 25/1

Gus Poyet 25/1

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 25/1

John Terry 25/1

Jonathan Woodgate 25/1

Karl Robinson 25/1

Marc Bircham 25/1

Neil Lennon 25/1

Paul Lambert 25/1

Paul Tisdale 25/1

Ralph Hasenhuttl 25/1

Robbie Fowler 25/1

Roy Hodgson 25/1

Russell Martin 25/1

Simon Grayson 25/1

Sol Campbell 25/1

Steve Cotterill 25/1

Steve Evans 25/1

Tony Pulis 25/1

Wayne Rooney 25/1

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