Next Crystal Palace Manager Odds

Crystal Palace are on the lookout for a new manager following Roy Hodgson’s announcement that he will be taking a break from the stresses of Premier League football at the end of the current campaign, which coincides with the end of the 73-year-old’s contract.

Hodgson has been Palace manager since September 2017, when the Eagles dismissed Frank de Boer following a poor start to the league season. Since then, Hodgson has managed his boyhood club 160 times and has consolidated their position in the Premier League despite being given a limited budget, as well as having the oldest average starting line-up in the division.

Swansea City manager Steve Cooper is the favourite to get the job at Selhurst Park.

The 41-year-old has been impressive ever since he arrived at the Liberty Stadium at the start of the 2019/20 season, following Graham Potter’s departure to Brighton & Hove Albion. In both of Cooper’s two seasons at Swansea, he has managed to get them into the playoffs, despite having a more limited budget than many of the sides around them.

At present, they are just 90 minutes away from reaching the Championship playoff final, following a 1-0 win against Barnsley at Oakwell in the first leg of the semi-finals.

Prior to his current role at Swansea, Cooper managed England’s Under 17’s, winning the World Cup with that age group in 2017.

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Lampard is the final manager on this list, and is without a club having been sacked by Chelsea due to a poor run of form that had seen the Blues win just two of their last eight league games under the former Derby County manager over the festive period.

However, following the aftermath of his sacking, there were rumours of the Chelsea transfer team signing players that he wasn’t interested in bringing to the club, which was essentially the downturn in his form at the Bridge, as he managed to finish fourth in the Premier League with them in 2019/20 having had a transfer ban.

Lampard would likely see this job as his best possible chance to manage a Premier League side at the moment, and with some talented youngsters such as Tyrick Mitchell and Eberechi Eze progressing, whilst having Wilfried Zaha still on the books. There is no secret that Palace need an overhaul of their current squad, of which Lampard could be the man to do that, especially with having a good eye for talent, as shown by the loan signings of Harry Wilson, Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori in his time at Derby.

The former Chelsea legend is priced at 5/2 to take his first managerial role since leaving his former club.

Burnley manager Sean Dyche is a name that has frequently popped up in the discussion about who will become the next manager at Selhurst Park.

The 49-year-old has been manager of the Clarets since 2012, leading them to two promotions to the Premier League in both 2013/14 and 2015/16, creating a stable Premier League side despite the Lancashire club operating on strict budgets.

A move to Palace could allow Dyche more room to manoeuvre, as there is the potential that the former Watford manager might feel as though he has already reached the maximum potential that the club has in qualifying for the Europa League in 2018.

Another reason for making a switch is the transfer side of things, as the proposition of a player moving to London is more attractive than that of Burnley, as well as the fact that he is likely to have more transfer budget if he makes the switch to Selhurst Park from Turf Moor.

Dyche is priced at 5/2 to take what would be just his third managerial role.

Eddie Howe has also been linked to the job at Selhurst Park.

Howe has not had a job since leaving Bournemouth following their relegation from the Premier League at the end of last season. He is best known for his time at the Cherries, managing them for 12 years till his departure in 2020, with a one and a half-season spell at Burnley separating his two spells at Dean Court between January 2011 and October 2012. His time at Bournemouth saw him take the Cherries from the bottom of the League Two table to as high as ninth place in the Premier League in 2016/17.

The former Bournemouth manager tends to set up sides in a more attractive way than Hodgson, as he is an attack-minded manager which is something that the Selhurst Park faithful have desired for a while.

Howe has the odds of 5/1 to be the manager of the Eagles next season.

Chris Wilder comes in next on this list of those linked to the vacancy at Selhurst Park.

The 53-year-old hasn’t had a job since he left Sheffield United back in March, departing with the club on 14 points after 28 games.

Wilder is a manager that has worked his way up the divisions, having started at the likes of Halifax Town, before moving to Oxford United, where he lead them to promotion via Conference Premier play-offs in 2010, before moving to Sixfields to Northampton Town where he won the League Two title with 99 points in 2015/16.

The former Oxford man was a huge fan favourite at Bramall Lane, having led the club from a mid-table position in League One, to the Premier League via two automatic promotions in 2016/17 and 2018/19, before finishing ninth in the top flight last campaign, the Blades best league finish since the 1991/92 season.

Wilder would likely receive a positive reception if he was to be appointed at Selhurst Park, following his excellent achievements with United, however, there would be some scepticism of him, following the massive contrasts of success, in terms of form when looking at the Blades 2019/20 season, compared to the current.

Palace are priced at 12/1 to make a move for Wilder.