Mauricio Pochettino and Arsene Wenger lead the way in the betting (Picture: Getty Images)

The bookies cannot make up their minds on who is most likely to be the next Real Madrid manager, as Arsene Wenger is once again the favourite in the market.

The former Arsenal manager quickly emerged as the favourite to replace Zinedine Zidane when he stood down last week, but then Mauricio Pocettino’s odds were slashed.

The Tottenham boss had by far the shortest price last Friday, but has since drifted back behind Wenger with the Frenchman regaining top spot in the betting.

If the flip-flopping on the favourite was not enough of an illustration that the bookies are unclear on what is going on in Madrid, then the length of the odds on both men surely confirms that.


Could Arsene Wenger take charge of the European champions? (Picture: Getty Images)

Wenger has regained the tag of favourite to be next Real Madrid manager, but he is still out at 3/1 in the market.



Pochettino, who had seen his odds shrink to odds-on last week, is now behind his old north London rival at 4/1.

Then comes a host of candidates that are not too far behind either, with Guti (5/1), Max Allegri (6/1), Maurizio Sarri (7/1) and Antonio Conte (7/1) all in the frame.

So tightly packed are the runners in this race, that the bookmakers are clearly far from confident on who will cross the finish line first.

Zidane stepped down as Real boss on Thursday (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Liverpool fans may be slightly concerned that Jurgen Klopp has seen his odds cut from 22/1 to just 14/1, which is a significant reduction.

However, the German remains seventh favourite in the betting, some way behind the top six in the market.

Next Real Madrid manager odds 3/1 A Wenger 4/1 M Pochettino 5/1 Guti Guti is in the frame (Picture: Getty Images) 6/1 M Allegri 7/1 Maurizio Sarri 7/1 A Conte 14/1 J Klopp 16/1 L Blanc 20/1 F Cannavaro 22/1 J Low 25/1 D Simeone 25/1 Javier Calleja 25/1 Raul Raul could make a spectacular return to his former club (Picture: Getty Images) 25/1 J Nagelsmann 33/1 M Laudrup 33/1 R Benitez 33/1 L Jardim 33/1 L Enrique 33/1 M Lippi 33/1 David Bettoni Odds courtesy of Betfair

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