Mikel Arteta now favourite at odds of 11/4 to be first manager to lose his job

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The next manager-to-be-sacked market is always very lively with every defeat seeing an EPL Managers' odds being cut by the online bookmakers. The market changes with every set of games and currently after defeat at Brentford Mikel Arteta the Arsenal boss is in the bookmaker's crosshairs.

Mikel Arteta now favourite at odds of 11/4 to be first manager to lose his job
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  • Arteta Odds to be Sacked Slashed by Bookmakers After Opening Defeat to Newly-Promoted Brentford
  • Betting sites have Massimiliano Allegri as 30% Chance Favourite to Replace Arteta if he Goes
  • Brendan Rogers is Bookies 2nd Favourite at 4/1 but Considered More Available than Allegri

Gunner Be Gone?

After the humiliation of losing to newly-promoted Brentford in the opening game of the EPL season Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been backed from 10/1 into 11/4 favourite to be the first manager to leave his post, ahead of Patrick Vieira at Crystal Palace and Ralph Hassenhuttl at Southampton.

  • Bookmaker Odds 
  • Arteta 11/4
  • Vieira 6/1
  • Hasenhuttl 15/2

Arteta apologized for the defeat, but bookies are smelling blood from the beleaguered boss. 

The 39-year-old former player is in his first managerial role and many Gunners fans are unhappy with both the results and the style of play. 

Bookmakers wasted no time in firing Arteta to the head of the First Premier League Manager to be sacked betting market with a 30% chance of being the first to be given the boot this season.

Jake Ashton - Football Betting Markets Specialist - olbg.com

Leading bookmakers took immediate action after the Friday night defeat catapulting the Spanish-born manager to the head of the sack race. 

The match at the Brentford Community Stadium saw Arsenal strikers Aubeyemang and Lacazette unavailable amidst unsubstantiated rumours that all was not well between the players and the manager.  

The North London side's next two EPL matches are at home to European Champions Chelsea and away to title holders Manchester City defeats in those games and Arsenal could be sitting at the foot of the table with no points. 

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The odds of Arteta being the first Premier League manager to be sacked first have crashed but there are sure to be other shock results that will fluctuate the market. Massimiliano is the current favourite to be the next Arsenal boss after Arteta

Next Arsenal Manager Betting Odds

Next Arsenal Manager  Betting Odds
Massimiliano Allegri 5/2
Brendan Rodgers 4/1
Patrick Vieira 10/1
Diego Simeone 10/1
Eddie Howe 12/1
Rafa Benitez 12/1
Paulo Fonseca 14/1


Despite Allegri being the bookmaker's favourite to be the next Arsenal manager, the market is possibly out of date, and not in line with the price for Arteta to be sacked. Allegri has just signed a new 4 year deal with Juventus suggesting he would not be available at all if Arteta's departure is very soon.

Jake Ashton - Football Betting Markets Specialist - olbg.com

Allegri has long been at the head of the Arsenal manager betting, however, he recently returned to manage Juventus and has just signed a new 4-year contract with the Italian giants

Brendan Rodgers the Leicester boss is the bookmaker's second favorite at 3/1, but with Leicester flying high he could see a move to the Emirates as a downward step. 

Other names in the frame include Diego Simeone the Atletico Madrid manager at 10/1 and former Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe at 12/1.  

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