Bournemouth have sacked manager Scott Parker after just four games of the new Premier League season, with the Cherries most recently suffering humiliation in a 9-0 thrashing at Liverpool on Saturday (August 27).
It had been a tough start for Parker, with an opening weekend victory over Aston Villa quickly followed by a run of fixtures against Manchester City, Arsenal and the Reds, of which they failed to score in three defeats, but now the search has begun for a new manager.
And while Gary O’Neil will take interim charge of the team, with Shaun Cooper and Tommy Elphick in assistance, Mirror Football takes a look at some of the early front runners for the job at the Vitality Stadium.