Steven Gerrard emerges as favourite for Championship job
The English Championship club recently parted ways with Manchester United legend Michael Carrick.
Although he guided his now former side to a play-off finish in the 2022-23 season, they have missed out on the top six in the two campaigns since.
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Former Rangers boss Gerrard is now the favourite to replace his fellow countryman at the Riverside Stadium, according to BetVictor, who offer the latest Football betting.
Gerrard is 6/4 to get the gig, with ex-Luton gaffer Rob Edwards a close second at 5/2. Other names on the bookies' list include Sean Dyche, Steve Cooper and Gary O'Neil.
Gerrard left Rangers in 2022 for Aston Villa, just over six months after winning the club's first Scottish Premiership title in a decade.
It didn't work out for the 45-year-old in Birmingham, though, and he soon moved out to Saudi Arabia to take charge of Al-Etiffaq.
He resigned from his post at the beginning of this year and has been out of work since.
Gerrard was linked with the vacant Rangers job before Russell Martin was appointed as the Ibrox club's new head coach last Thursday.
He opened up on the future of key duo Nicolas Raskin and Mohamed Diomande after taking the job: "We have to try and keep our best players," said Martin.
"And I think we're all really aligned with that.
"So, unless things come in that really help the club to build and move forward, I don't think it's a necessity to do that at all. That's my understanding of it.
"And we've all been really clear on it. So we'll just have to wait and see. But I'm looking forward to working with those guys."
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