Sam Allardyce cut to 1-8 for Crystal Palace job

Sam Allardyce is now as short as 1-8 with bookmaker Coral to be the next permanent Crystal Palace manager following a gamble on the former England boss. Chris Coleman is second best in the market at 6-1 with the firm and Roy Hodgson can be backed at 11-1.

Elsewhere in Coral’s transfer specials, Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk is 6-4 to sign for Manchester City as his next club, Joe Hart is 5-4 to move to Liverpool as his next destination and Manchester United are 7-2 to secure the services of Frenchman Antoine Griezmann.

**Next permanent Crystal Palace manager
1-8 Sam Allardyce, 6 Chris Coleman, 11 Roy Hodgson, 12 Gary Rowett, 16 Ryan Giggs, Jurgen Klinsmann, Roberto Mancini, Gary Neville, 25 Chris Hughton, 33 Bar

**Joe Hart’s next club
5-4 Liverpool, 5 Everton, Leicester, 6 West Ham, 7 Arsenal, 12 Juventus, PSG, Southampton, Stoke, 16 Newcastle

**Antoine Griezmann’s next club
7-2 Manchester United, 9-2 Barcelona, Real Madrid, 5 Chelsea, Manchester City, 8 Bayern Munich, Juventus, 10 PSG, 14 Arsenal, 25 Liverpool

**Virgil van Dijk’s next club
6-4 Manchester City, 7-2 Chelsea, 9-2 Manchester United, 7 Tottenham, 8 Arsenal, Liverpool, 20 Everton, West Ham

*Champions League stage of elimination

**Arsenal stage of elimination
3-10 Last 16, 4 Quarter-final, 12 Semi-final, 20 Runners-up, 28 Winners

**Leicester stage of elimination
8-15 Last 16, 21-10 Quarter-final, 8 Semi-final, 28 Runners-up, 40 Winners

**Manchester City stage of elimination
3 Last 16, 13-10 Quarter-final, 7-2 Semi-final, 7 Runners-up, 9 Winners

**All English final
25-1

**Nationality of winning team
4-6 Spanish, 12-5 German, 11-2 English, 9 Italian, 14 Any other

*England specials

**Gareth Southgate to win a major tournament with England
8-1

**Next permanent England captain
1-4 Jordan Henderson, 7 Gary Cahill, 8 Joe Hart, 9 Harry Kane, 14 Eric Dier, Chris Smalling, 16 John Stones, 33-1 Danny Rose, Kyle Walker, 40 Bar

*Manager specials

**Jose Mourinho to be Manchester United manager on the opening day of the 2017/18 Premier League season
2-5 Yes, 7-4 No

**Who will be named FIFA World Coach of the Year for 2016?
2-5 Claudio Ranieri, 3 Fernando Santos, 7 Zinedine Zidane, 10 Chris Coleman, 25 Luis Enrique, 33 Pep Guardiola, 40 Bar

*Player specials

**Alexis Sanchez to be an Arsenal player on the first day of the 2017/18 Premier League
1-5 Yes, 3 No

**2017 Ballon d’Or winner
13-10 Lionel Messi, 7-4 Cristiano Ronaldo, 10 Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez, 16 Neymar, Patrick Aubameyang, 25 Sergio Aguero, Gareth Bale, 28 Eden Hazard, 40 Bar

*Team specials

**Chelsea to break Premier League points record this season (current record 95 points)
8-1

**Chelsea to break Premier League winning run record (previous best 14, currently on 11)
9-2

**Swansea, Hull and Sunderland to all be relegated this season
7-2

*Transfer specials

**Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s next club
5-2 Manchester City, 4 Arsenal, 5 Liverpool, 9 PSG, 10 Bayern Munich, 14 Chelsea, 16 Real Madrid, 20 Barcelona, Manchester United

**Joey Barton’s next club
3 Derby, 4 Aston Villa, 6 Burnley, 10 Any MLS club, 16 Peterborough, 20 Cardiff, Any Chinese club, 50 Celtic

**Gareth Bale’s next club
4-5 Manchester United, 5 Chelsea, 7 Bayern Munich, Manchester City. 10 PSG, 20 Tottenham, 33 Liverpool, 40 Arsenal, Juventus

**Cesc Fabregas’ next club
6-4 Juventus, 7-2 Real Madrid, 6 PSG, 7 Manchester United, 10 Bayern Munich, 12 Atletico Madrid, 16 Bar

**Frank Lampard’s next club
5 Melbourne City, 7 Any MLS club, 8 Chelsea, 10 Crystal Palace, 16 Celtic, Manchester United, West Ham, 33-1 Newcastle

**Lionel Messi’s next club
4 Manchester City, 5 Any MLS club, 7 Manchester United, 10 Any Chinese club, Chelsea, PSG, 12 Bayern Munich

**Dimitri Payet’s next club
3 PSG, 7-2 Real Madrid, 5 Chelsea, 6 Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester City, Manchester United, 8 Arsenal, 14 Liverpool, 16 Inter Milan

**James Rodriguez’s next club
11-4 PSG, 10-3 Arsenal, 4 Chelsea, PSG, 20 Manchester United, West Ham, 25 Bar

**Wayne Rooney’s next club
11-4 Any MLS club, 4 Everton, 8 Any Chinese club, 16 Monaco, 20 Chelsea, Newcastle, PSG, 33 Arsenal. Real Madrid

**Alexis Sanchez’ next club
3 Barcelona, 4 Real Madrid, 5 Manchester City, 8 Juventus, 10 Manchester United, 12 Chelsea, 20 Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich

**Daniel Sturridge’s next club
9-2 Arsenal, Southampton, 5 Bayern Munich, PSG, Tottenham, 8 West Ham, 10 Stoke, 16 Everton

**John Terry’s next club
5-2 Any MLS club, 7-2 Any Chinese club, 14 Manchester United, 20 West Ham, 25 Newcastle

**Yaya Toure’s next club
9-4 Any MLS club, 3 Any Chinese club, 4 Any Qatari club, 10 Any UAE club, 14 PSG, 20 Inter Milan, Juventus, 25 AC Milan, 33 Arsenal

*Others on request on next club markets

ENDS

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