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Alex McLeish sack betting suspended - who will take over at Aston Villa?

Alex McLeish looks set to leave his job as Aston Villa manager (credit: Getty Images)
Betting has been suspended on Alex McLeish leaving Aston Villa after a huge gamble.

Sky Bet have closed their market on McLeish’s future after frenzied speculation that the manager will pay for the club's poor season with his job.

Villa ended the campaign with a 2-0 defeat at Norwich to sit 16th in the final Premier League table, only two points clear of relegated Bolton, and that looks to have persuaded owner Randy Lerner to act.

Sky Bet's Chris Spicer said: “We put up the market for McLeish to be manager at the start of next season earlier in the day and he has been backed to leave non-stop, so we pulled betting. We opened at 1/5 and took money at 1/16 before betting was suspended.”

Norwich chief Paul Lambert and Wigan boss Roberto Martinez are at the head of the next Aston Villa manager market, both at 5/2 with Paddy Power and BetVictor respectively.

Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is the 12/1 third favourite with BetVictor, while Celtic manager Neil Lennon and France coach Laurent Blanc are 14/1 shots with Alan Curbishley and Steve Bruce at 16/1.

Among those at 20/1 are Brian McDermott, manager of newly-promoted Reading, Mick McCarthy and former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Darren Haines, spokesman for Paddy Power, said: “Many experts say Martinez deserves to manage at a bigger club than Wigan. But having turned Villa down once before, the question now is whether he is too good for the Villans given the state of their squad and its future prospects.”

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