Jaap Stam’s odds of becoming the next Swansea City manager have been slashed, seeing him become the third favourite for the job.

Stam guided Reading to the play-off finals in his first season as a full time manager, seeing his team just miss out on penalties too Huddersfield

But he couldn’t repeat the heroics in the following season as Reading battled relegation all season.

Stam was sacked following a 3-2 defeat to Norwich that saw the Royals drop to 20th, just three points off the drop.

The former Dutch internationals odds have been cut to 7/2, just behind favourites Chris Coleman (2/1) and Graham Potter (3/1).

Swansea found themselves managerless following the departure of Carlos Carvalhal after his side could only manage one win in their final 11 games.

Stam has previously acted as assistant manager at Ajax, Jong Ajax and FC Zwolle as well as taking interim charge at FC Zwolle previously.