Next Permanent Everton Manager Betting As Rafa Benitez Sacked

Derby County boss Wayne Rooney is 5/4 from 6/4 to get the Everton job while money has also arrived for Frank Lampard who is 13/2 from 8/1.

Rafa Benitez was sacked on Sunday afternoon following heavy speculation, with the Blues board calling an emergency meeting on Saturday evening after the club lost 2-1 at Norwich City. Everton assistant manager Duncan Ferguson is 2/1.

Slaven Bilic, who had Premier League managerial stints at West Ham and West Brom, and also played for Everton in the late 1990s, is 12/1, while former Wolves and Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo is 20/1.

Meanwhile, former Blues managers Roberto Martinez and Sam Allardyce, with the latter known for saving teams in trouble, are each 10/1 and 50/1 to return.

We have already seen support for his replacement with Wayne Rooney the 5/4 from 6/4 favourite to land the role while Frank Lampard is 13/2 from 8/1.