Sheffield Wednesday next manager odds: Giuseppe Iachini favourite to become next Owls boss
Giuseppe Iachini has been announced the new favourite to be named as manager of Sheffield Wednesday, following last week's surprise departure of Darren Moore
The former Fiorentina boss is evens with talkSPORT BET's manager odds to be named the new boss at Hillsborough as the Owls prepare for their first season back in the Championship.
Former Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard had been the early favourite to take the role as recently as yesterday but his odds have drifted from 6/4 to 10/1.
Paul Ince then overtake the Liverpudlian as the favourite but the 59-year old Italian Giuseppe Iachini is now the most likely to take over the South Yorkshire club
The news of Darren Moore's departure as manager of Sheffield Wednesday surprised many people following their thrilling play-off success last season.
The Owls, under Moore, overturned a 4-0 first leg deficit against Peterborough in the semi finals of penalties, before defeating South Yorkshire rivals Barnsley in the final via a 123rd minute winner in extra time.
Sheffield Wednesday will be back in the Championship next season after two seasons in League One, and are on the hunt for a new manager following Moore's departure by mutual consent.
Should Iachini be appointed manager, it would be the first club outside Italy the 59-year-old has worked for in his longer career in football, either as a player or a manager.
The Italian spent the entirety of last season without a club, having most recently managed Parma to a 12th place finish in Serie B.
Iachini has previously managed a large number of Italian clubs, including the likes of Fiorentina, Palermo, Sassuolo, Udinese and Sampdoria just to name a few.
He also has a history of earning promotion into the top flight, albeit in Italy, having taken Palermo up to Serie A in 2014 and achieved the same feat with Chievo Verona in 2008, for which he won the Panchina d'Argento award for manager of the season.
Sheffield Wednesday Next Manager Odds (talkSPORT BET)
- Giuseppe Iachini - 1/1
- Paul Ince - 2/1
- Steven Gerrard - 10/1
- Nathan Jones - 12/1
- Bruno Lage - 12/1
- Dean Smith - 14/1
- Neil Ardley - 16/1
- Lee Bullen - 20/1
- Vitor Campelos - 20/1
- Carlos Carvalhal - 20/1
- Steve Cotterill - 20/1
- Torsten Lieberknecht - 20/1
Paul Ince's odds have drifted from being odds on favourite at 1/2 to take over at Hillsborough, to now being 2/1, and has fallen behind the aforementioned Italian in the running.
The 55-year-old was appointed as manager of Reading towards the back end of the 2021-22 initially, in a caretaker role, but took the job on full time last summer after surviving relegation despite being hit with a 6 point deduction.
Keeping them in the Championship for another season, with another 6 point deduction, proved one step too far though as Ince's Royals side fell into the third tier of English football for the first time since 2002.
The former England international also has experience of managing in the Premier League, having taken charge of Blackburn for the first half of the 2008-09 season.
Liverpool legend Gerrard has the next shortest odds for taking over at Hillsborough, though his have drifted to 10/1 over the weekend.
Gerrard has been without a managerial job since he was sacked as manager of Aston Villa in October last year, and rumours suggest he could be tempted by the Hillsborough job.
The 43-year-old enjoyed success in his first managerial role at Rangers, delivering the club their first league title 10 years when he lifted the trophy in 2021.
Next on the list is the former Southampton manager Nathan Jones, whose odds have lengthened substantially from 11/4 to 12/1 over the weekend.
The Welshman struggled at the Saints last season, only lasting 14 matches before being given his marching orders in February this year, but the 50-year-old has enjoyed great success in the Championship before.
Jones managed Luton over two spells, initially guiding the Hatters from League Two to League One and leaving the club second in the table in January to take over as Stoke manager.
He then returned to Kenilworth at the end of the following season, taking Luton to the Championship play-off semi finals in his second season back and winning the division's manager of the season award.
Former Benfica manager and Primeira Liga winner Bruno Lage is also in the conversation, with the Portuguese's odds dipping slightly from 6/1 to 5/1.
The 47-year-old has been without a job since receiving his marching orders from Wolves back in October last year.
Lage's compatriot Vitor Campelos is also on the shortlist at 20/1 to take over at Hillsborough, though he was as short as 5/2 yesterday.
The 48-year-old has recently left his role as manager of Portuguese side Chaves, with whom he achieved promotion to the top flight in his first full season and then guided the club to a 7th place finish in their first season back in the Primeira Liga.
Former Owls manager Carlos Carvalhal has drifted from 2/1 to 20/1, the man who took the club to within a penalty shootout of the Premier League back in 2017.
The Portuguese took the club to two Championship play-off finals in three years, and even had a stint in the Premier League as manager of Swansea for the second half of the 2017-18 season.
The 57-year-old most recently managed in La Liga as the boss of Celta Vigo, taking over in November last year with the club locked in a relegation battle, before securing a 13th place finish with a win over champions Barcelona on the final day of the season.
Current Darmstadt manager Torsten Lieberknecht is also in the running at 20/1, one of many candidates to have drifted to this price.
Lieberknecht has just earned promotion to the Bundesliga with the German side in his second season in charge of the club.
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