Darren Moore – Recently sacked by West Brom, Darren Moore impressed in his first spell in management. After he took over following Alan Pardew’s departure, he picked up 1-0 victories at Manchester United and Newcastle United, earning himself Premier League’s Manager of the Month award for April. He won 11 points from a possible 18, but it wasn’t enough to avoid relegation from the top flight. Darren Moore left West Brom fourth in the Championship, nine points off the automatic promotion places.

Gary Rowett – Gary Rowett is available and it is believed that QPR are keen on the former Birmingham City manager. He has been sacked by Stoke City after less than eight months in charge earlier this season, after he left them 14th in the Championship, having won just eight of their 26 league games. Proir to Stoke, Gary Rowett was manager of Derby County, he led Derby County to the play-off semi-finals, but they lost to Fulham. He impressed in his managerial spell at Birmingham City, after he took over with Birmingham 23rd in the table, Birmingham City finished to 10th, and they finished the same the following season.

Gareth Ainsworth – Gareth Ainsworth is currently manager of League One side Wycombe Wanderers, he captained the Chairboys before retiring in 2013, he managed to keep them in League Two on the final day of the 2013-14 campaign before leading them to the play-off final the following season. He managed to lead Wycombe Wanderers to promotion out of League Two at the end of the 2017–18 season. Gareth Ainsworth is well known at QPR, where he made 141 appearances and scoring 36 goals for the club. Also, he’s had to spells as caretaker manager at the club.

Darrell Clarke – Darrell is currently out of work, but whilst at Bristol Rovers, he was one of the longer-serving managers in the EFL, he joined the club in March 2014 after some impressive results with non-league side Salisbury. Darrell Clarke guided Bristol Rovers to consecutive promotions and stabilised the club in the third tier. He developed some fine talents during his spell as manager which includes Billy Bodin, Matty Taylor and Lee Brown. Not to forget the talent he brought through the Bristol Rovers youth ranks such as Ellis Harrison, Tom Lockyer and Ollie Clarke.

Paul Hurst – Paul Hurst managed to guide Shrewsbury Town from relegation favourites at the start of the 2017/18 season to the club’s highest League position in 27 years. To add to this, he gained promotion as a manager at Ilkeston Town and Boston in non-League, before guiding Grimsby back into the Football League after a six year absence in 2016.