Next Chelsea Manager Odds

So far this season Chelsea have struggled to make a mark on the Premier League, having spent just over £220m on their squad last summer on the likes of Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner. Many believed that these signings, as well as Thiago Silva on a free transfer from PSG, would push Chelsea on towards a title challenge, having finished fourth in the previous season. In fact, results have become worse than last campaign’s, leaving the Stamford Bridge club in 9th place, and Frank Lampard has the unwanted record of having the worst points per game ratio out of any manager that Roman Abramovich has appointed, as well as leading the Blues to their second-worst start under the Russian’s ownership, only better than Jose Mourinho’s disastrous 2015/16 start.

Lampard to be the next manager sacked in the Premier League is priced at 10/3

Former Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel is the favourite to join Chelsea at 2/1. Tuchel lost his job on Christmas Day following a fall out with PSG’s hierarchy after stating that he feels “more like a politician than a coach” and also criticised the club’s transfer strategy, as he requested sporting director Leonardo to find him a centre back replacement for Thiago Silva, who left on a free transfer to join Chelsea in the summer as mentioned above. Instead, the club signed FC Porto’s Danilo Pereira, who Tuchel often played at centre-back to prove a point to the PSG board. When sacked, the German had the best win percentage of any manager in Ligue 1 history with 75.6%.

The former Borussia Dortmund manager was successful at PSG, as he has the best Champions League record of any manager in the club’s history, reaching the final last season in Lisbon, as well as winning six major honours at the Parc Des Princes in his first two years in charge.

Tuchel has the odds of 2/1 to become the next manager at Stamford Bridge.

Massimiliano Allegri is the second favourite for the job at Chelsea, having not had a job since he left Juventus at the end of the 2018/19 season. The Italian became the first-ever manager in Europe’s top five leagues to win four consecutive doubles whilst at the club, winning the Scudetto and Coppa Italia in each season. Allegri also had a four-year spell before this at AC Milan, where he won the Serie A and Supercoppa Italiana in 2010/11.

The 53-year-old manager is very much in the mould that Chelsea would go for prior to Lampard’s appointment, and would become the seventh Italian manager to have managed the Blues, after Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Di Matteo, Antonio Conte and ironically his successor at Juventus Maurizio Sarri.

Allegri is priced at 3/1 to become Chelsea’s next manager.

Former Chelsea reserves manager Brendan Rodgers is also on the list, following recent successful spells at the likes of Celtic and Leicester City. The Foxes manager has rejuvenated his side since arriving in January 2019 after the sacking of Claude Puel, with City progressing from a mid-table club to one that regularly competes for European qualification.

Rodgers’ only major trophy wins all came at Celtic, where he won seven in two and a half seasons at Parkhead including two Scottish Premiership titles, as well as going 69 games unbeaten in the league, an SPL record.

This would be a progressive move for the Northern Irishman who was so close to winning the Premier League title in 2014 when he was the manager of Liverpool. After coming so close to success at Anfield, he will be desperate to become the manager of his old club who have the financial platform to compete to win the Premier League on a regular basis.

The Leicester manager is priced at 6/1 to be the next Chelsea manager.

Former Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko has also been linked with a return to Stamford Bridge, having left the Blues permanently in 2009, following three fairly unsuccessful years for the Ukrainian at the club.

Remarkably, the former AC Milan striker’s current role of Ukraine national team manager is the only one he has ever had and is making a good job of it, having managed to guide the national side to UEFA Euro 2021, beating the likes of Serbia and Portugal to top of the group, with six wins and two draws from eight games.

A move for Ukraine’s all-time top goalscorer would be very much in the mould of Lampard’s move to Chelsea from Derby, as he only has the experience of being in one job, but Shevchenko has shown signs that he can overachieve with a limited squad at his disposal.

The 44-year-old has the odds of 17/2 to replace his former teammate Lampard at Stamford Bridge.

Another former Chelsea man in Rafa Benitez has been rumoured to be in the frame for the job at the Bridge.

Benitez was previously the Blues manager in 2012/13 having taken over on an interim basis from club legend Di Matteo, who was controversially sacked by Abramovich less than six months after leading the club to Champions League glory in the previous season.

The former Liverpool manager won the Europa League in Lisbon against Benfica back in 2013 and has since had an unsuccessful spell at Real Madrid, as well as a stint at Newcastle United and now manages Dalian Yifang in the Chinese Super League. Having already replaced one legendary Chelsea player as manager, Benitez is priced at 14/1 to takeover from Lampard this time around.

Next on the list is RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann, having impressed in the Bundesliga with his current side, as well as Hoffenheim.

Nagelsmann has an impressive CV considering he is just 33-years-old, having taken over at Hoffenheim in February 2016 when they were 17th in the table, seven points from safety, he won seven of his 14 matches at the back end of the season to keep the club up. Following this, in his first full season in management his side finished fourth, qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history.

Following his achievements with Hoffenheim, Nagelsmann took over at Leipzig, wherein his first full season with the club, he further showcased his abilities as a manager, finishing third in the Bundesliga, as well as guiding the club to their first-ever Champions League semi-final.

At 33-years-old, it is an extraordinary achievement by Nagelsmann to have done what he already has in management; however, it would be a good opportunity for the German to further progress the stunning start he has made to his career.

Nagelsmann has the odds of 20/1 to succeed Lampard at Chelsea.

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone also comes in at the same price as Nagelsmann, following an impressive nine-year stint with Atleti. Simeone’s side currently sit at the top of La Liga, a point ahead of city rivals Real Madrid, but, they have three games in hand on Los Blancos and look like outright favourites to win La Liga for the first time since 2013/14, where the Argentinian’s side beat all the odds to finish ahead of Barcelona.

Simeone currently has a contract at the Wanda Metropolitano till 2022, having extended his deal last year. It would take quite an effort from the Blues to take Simeone from Atletico, but having spent nine years at Atleti, who knows when he will decide to move on.

Simeone is priced at 20/1 to become Chelsea’s next manager.