Ange Postecoglou has started to struggle at Spurs in recent weeks
Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou is odds-on to be sacked before Christmas - with his Celtic successor Brendan Rodgers favourite to replace him in north London.
The Aussie is coming under increasing pressure at Spurs after a shaky start to the season which included defeat to Arsenal in last week's derby and they scraped through in the EFL Cup with a late show against Championship outfit Coventry City. Postecoglou moved to the English Premier League outfit from Parkhead at the start of last season with Rodgers returning to the east end of Glasgow for a second stint at the Hoops in a controversial move.
Rodgers won the double and has made a flying start to his second season and is tipped for a third stint in the English Premier League having previously managed Swansea City, Liverpool and Leicester City.
The sportscasting.com/uk traders are making him 8/11 to be gone by Christmas and even shorter (2/5) to not last the season.
The oddsmakers are also pricing up Rodgers as the favourite to take over at 5/1 - a man that's been rumoured for the Spurs top job many times before - with former England man Gareth Southgate not ruled out either at just 7/1. Spokesman Andy Newton said: "The new Premier League season is only a handful of games in but already there is mounting pressure on Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou after a very average start."
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"Postecoglou had promised big things over his second season at the North London club, but he's already on the back foot with just one league win so far and with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy no stranger to culling his managers, I'm not surprised to see Ange odds-on to be gone by Christmas. If so, there has been a lot of talk about Brendan Rodgers joining Spurs in the past and they could finally get their man - if, of course, the compensation to Celtic is enough to let their highest ever paid manager leave the Scottish giants."
ANGE POSTECOGLOU ODDS SPECIALS
To be sacked or quit before Xmas :
Yes 8/11
No 11/10
To be sacked or quit before the end of the season:
Yes 2/5
No 2/1
Ange Postecoglou Next Job
Leicester 4/1
Southampton 9/2
Everton 5/1
Wolves 7/1
Man Utd 8/1
Crystal Palace 9/1
Next Spurs Manager
Brendan Rodgers 5/1
Thomas Tuchel 11/2
Gareth Southgate 7/1
Graham Potter 7/1
Maurizio Sarri 8/1
Xavi 9/1