Sheffield Wednesday legend Nigel Pearson the early bookies favourite to replace Tony Pulis

Despite having previously stated that he doesn’t want the job due to his personal ties with Sheffield, former Owls defender, Nigel Pearson, is the favourite on Sky Bet at 3/1 at the time of writing.

Pearson is followed by Paul Cook (4/1), Ryan Lowe (6/1) and recently available Slavan Bilic at (7/1), while Carlos Carvalhal makes the top 10 at 14/1 in the midst of an impressive spell back in his home country of Portugal with Braga.

Here’s the top 10 -

Nigel Pearson - 3/1

Paul Cook - 4/1

Ryan Lowe - 6/1

Slaven Bilic - 7/1

Sol Campbell - 8/1

Danny Cowley - 12/1

Eddie Howe - 12/1

Gus Poyet - 12/1

Phil Neville - 12/1

Carlos Carvalhal - 14/1

José Morais, who was linked with the job by talkSPORT, doesn’t feature anywhere at this stage.

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