Middlesbrough and former Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has become the bookies’ hot favourite to replace Sean Dyche as Burnley ’s new manager.
SkyBet have Wilder as the 4/5 odds-on favourite to replace Dyche, who the Clarets dismissed on Friday with Burnley in danger of seeing their six-year stay in the top-flight come to an end this season. Wilder’s Boro side currently sit ninth and three points shy of the play-off places in the Championship with just four games to go. However, Boro have played a game fewer than most of the teams also in the mix for a top-six spot.
Second favourite with the bookies is former England manager Sam Allardyce. The 67-year-old has been out of work since departing West Bromwich Albion last year having failed to prevent them from getting relegated.
