The Football Blog

It was nice while it lasted...

The man we all thought was going to be the latest Special One has turned out to be a bit of a let down, and Roman Abramovich has wielded the axe. As ever it's not taken the bookies long to list the bosses in line to replace the big Brazilian at Stamford Bridge. Our tip? We fancy Guus Hiddink to make his long-awaited Premier League debut*...

The favourites

Guus Hiddink      3/5
Frank Rijkaard     9/2
Gianfranco Zola     18/1
Sven Goran Eriksson     18/1
Roberto Mancini     20/1
Jose Mourinho     33/1
Avram Grant     8/1
Louis Van Gaal     25/1
Slaven Bilic     40/1
Carlo Ancelotti     25/1
Martin O'Neill     66/1
Didier Deschamps     40/1
Marcelo Lippi     100/1
Jurgen Klinsmann     100/1
Ottmar Hitzfeld     100/1
Ronald Koeman     100/1

*We said this before he began talks. We promise...