So Who Will Be The Next Newcastle Manager?
As we speculated just a few days ago the Newcastle United Football Club managerial door has again swung full circle and out goes Sam Allardyce, but who will take his place?
While the big gamble was supposed to be Alan Shearer, the Geordie legend, it now seems that the chance to manage his home town has come a little too early. If the bookies are right it is Harry Redknapp who will be the next Newcastle boss even though both he and his current club Portsmouth have denied any knowledge of Newcastle’s interest. So how have the bookies installed him as favourite?
In an intriguing development the multi millionaire owner of Newcastle United, Mike Ashley, is rumoured to have already offered Redknapp the use of his private jet any time that he wants, so that he can commute between his home in the South of England and Newcastle. Again this is all hearsay, but it all adds to the mix and seems to have caught the attention of gamblers throughout the UK, with Redknapp now a red hot even money favourite to become the next through the managerial door at the “Toon”.
This is yet again another example of how the gambling markets can very often reflect what is going on behind the scenes, while on the surface some of the odds being offered may not look reasonable. If you remember the time when Redknapp returned to Portsmouth from Southampton there were constant denials in the paper but the gambling markets could not see past Redknapp returning as boss – as it happened he did return and an official investigation was launched into irregular betting patterns.
Do not under-estimate the power of the gambling markets because more often that not they will get it right, but do not bank on it one hundred percent of the time!