After his resignation, the ex-Leeds boss has been a hot bet for a number of jobs today.
Garry Monk resigned as Leeds manager today after just one season in the job. In January Leeds were as high as 3rd place and a play-off berth looked a given. However, a disastrous second half of the season saw them win only 5 of their last 17 games and just 1 in their last 8 caused them to finish in 7th place, 5 points off the play off places.
Despite this, Leeds did overachieve and Garry Monk’s reputation is still intact. Where could the ex-Swansea boss end up next?
Crystal Palace
Big Sam’s recent retirement means there is a vacancy at the South London club. Monk is as short as 13/8 with one bookie to be managing the Eagles next season but you can also get biggest odds of 7/2. Oddschecker users think this will be his next stop as 56% of bets on Garry Monk today have been on Palace.
Sunderland
The recently relegated side in need of a manager is Sunderland. They’ll be looking to bounce straight back into the Premier League and you can get 7/1 that he will be the man the Black Cats will turn to. Our users think this is the second most likely club he will go to and Sunderland accounts for 33.2% of bets on Monk.
Middlesbrough
Another recently relegated side from the North East looking for a manager is Boro. Steve Agnew auditioned for the role as caretaker at the tail end of the season but he did little to impress. Monk is a best price of 6/5 to be in charge of Middlesbrough next season and they have accounted for 7.8% of bets on his future.
Southampton
This is a job Garry Monk would be near certain to take if offered. A solid Premier League side in recent years, Claude Puel is the current manager but there are murmurs that he has not got long left. The bookies make him 5/6 favourite but only 2.6% of our users think he will end up on the South Coast.
Hull
Marco Silva has just triggered his Hull City break clause leaving the Tigers hot seat empty. It doesn’t seem likely Monk would go for the job though but if you fancy it you can get 16/1 on him taking over. Oddschecker users are hardly giving Hull a second thought with less than 1% of bets.
