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They say things are never quiet in the Premier League – and that has certainly proven to be the case for Garry Monk and Swansea City.

A few matches without a win and the speculation has begun in earnest.

Let’s just say it has been an interesting day at the office for Monk post-the Stoke defeat on Monday night.

First the Swans boss woke to headlines about renewed links with the Aston Villa job, the 36-year-old said to be on the Villa Park hit-list as they seek potential candidates to replace the under pressure Tim Sherwood.

That was followed by reports of Monk missing training at the club’s Fairwood complex.

Swansea responded with a cheeky tweet, posting a photograph and saying: “@GarryMonk16 lookalike taking training this morning!”.

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However, once momentum builds it can gather at startling pace with Premier League managers.

So by lunchtime, bookmaker William Hill produced a press release where they announced they have slashed the odds on Monk becoming the next manager to leave his post.

Sherwood is still favourite to be the next one to go, but William Hill say a flurry of bets have forced them to take Monk’s price down from 33/1 to 13/8 in the space of three hours.

The momentum gathered further when another betting company, Paddy Power, also issued a press release saying they had slashed Monk’s odds from 40-1 to 10-3 after they had received big bets.

Swansea sources are laughing off the new bout of speculation.

Yet it does demonstrate how there’s never a dull day in the Premier League... particularly when your team have not won in five matches.

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What next?

Well, there is a certain irony looming.

This weekend, Swansea travel to Villa... where Monk and Sherwood go head to head.