Next England manager – Major shift from bookies and punters on who replaces Gareth Southgate

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Interesting to see this major change when it comes to who is most likely to become the next England manager, with Gareth Southgate overseeing that lame defeat on Sunday to Spain.

A tournament that England had stumbled through, with unconvincing performances and so much luck, despite playing poor to average opposition time after time.

Gareth Southgate going with the same negative approach for the final against Spain, trying not to lose, rather than attempting to win in Berlin.

This time, Southgate’s luck finally ran out, as England played the first quality team they’d faced in the competition.

Spain letting England off the hook really, as this could/should have easily been at least a three-goal winning margin.

So many players who are so highly regarded when they play for their clubs, turned into struggling shadows of themselves thanks to Southgate’s ultra-negative tactics and team set-ups.

He has had one of the best groups of England players for many a year and experienced massive luck with easy qualifying groups and opposition drawn against in finals.

Yet as soon as England plays a quality opposition, as always, we know what will be the outcome with Gareth Southgate’s England.

So who will replace him?

Well, the bookies and punters have shown a major change, with one candidate seeing his odds massively slashed after having been backed.

These are now the best prices generally available on Tuesday across the various bookies as to who will be the next permanent England manager (in brackets what the odds were first thing on Monday morning):

6/4 Graham Potter (5/4)

4/1 Lee Carsley (12/1)

5/1 Eddie Howe (7/2)

8/1Mauricio Pochettino (9/2)

12/1 Thomas Tuchel (33/1)

14/1 Jurgen Klopp (14/1)

20/1 Frank Lampard (33/1)

20/1 Pep Guardiola (20/1)

20/1 Jurgen Klopp (33/1)

The big news is that Lee Carsley has seen his odds generally available, slashed from 12/1 to 4/1.

Only the out of work Graham Potter ahead of him in the betting.

For me, there is zero chance fo Eddie Howe giving up Newcastle United to take the England job.