Former Bristol City defender Liam Rosenior has emerged as the favourite to take over at Championship rivals Hull City, a month after he left Derby County following his short stint as interim manager.
Rosenior started the season in charge of the Rams, having stepped up from the position of assistant head coach, but made way in September with Paul Warne appointed as Wayne Rooney’s long-term successor on a four-year contract.
The 38-year-old had been offered a new position at Pride Park but elected to leave and he looks set to make a quick return to management with the Sun’s Alan Nixon reporting that the Tigers hope to agree terms this week. Rosenior has been the bookmakers' favourite for several days now with his current odds at 4/7.
Rosenior, who made 28 appearances for City from 2001 to 2003 after emerging through the club’s academy, had been in the frame for the vacancy at West Brom before Carlos Corberan was appointed on Tuesday night. He also held talks with Blackpool over the summer in the wake of Neil Critchley's exit to Aston Villa.
Hull have been without a manager since Shota Arveladze was sacked at the end of September and have won three games and lost two matches under caretaker Andy Dawson to move away from the bottom three in the Championship.
Rosenior was a special guest of the club over the weekend, as they beat Rotherham 4-2, and talks are reportedly taking place over his backroom staff appointments with the indication that some are already in jobs elsewhere in the EFL so compensation will be required.
After leaving City to join Fulham in 2003, Rosenior enjoyed a successful career with the Cottagers, Reading, Hull and Brighton & Hove Albion, making 444 career appearances before retiring in 2018 and joining the coaching staff with the Seagulls, while also becoming a pundit on Sky Sports.
He joined Derby in 2019, first under Phillip Cocu and then Rooney, and was alongside the Manchester United great throughout his turbulent time with the Rams as they were relegated amid a historic breach of financial fair play and a takeover of the club.
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