Thiago Silva now 50/1 for Chelsea manager job

Thiago Silva is currently 50/1 with the bookies to become Chelsea's next manager, taking over from Mauricio Pochettino.

Chelsea ended the season incredibly well under Pochettino, with fans and pundits tipping the former Spurs boss to lead the Blues back into the Champions League places next season, so news of his departure from the club came as a big surprise to many.

Kieran McKenna of Ipswich is the favourite to take over from Pochettino and become Chelsea's next manager, but the bookies have shared the odds for Todd Boehly plucking something out of left-field and making one of his former players, Thiago Silva, the club's next boss.

Silva confirmed towards the end of the 2023/24 season that he'd be leaving Chelsea at the end of the campaign to return to Brazil, but stated in an emotional social media video that he hopes to return to the club in the future.

However, could it happen a lot sooner than Silva would have anticipated?

The Brazilian defender, who hasn't actually retired yet, is 50/1 with Ladbrokes to become Chelsea's next manager, ahead of former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, with the bookies clearly feeling Silva is more likely to take over from Pochettino than the 2020 Premier League winner.

It's worth noting that Silva is by no means the favourite for the job, but stranger things have most definitely happened in football.

Below are the 20 men in the running to take over from Pochettino and become Chelsea's next manager, staring the favourite McKenna (7/4), and finishing off with Klopp (100/1), who previously stated that he'd never manage another club in England after leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.

1. Kieran McKenna - 7/4 (Ipswich Town)
2. Enzo Maresca - 2/1 (Leicester City)
3. Roberto De Zerbi - 4/1 (Free Agent)
4. Jose Mourinho - 5/1 (Free Agent)
5. Ruben Amorim - 5/1 (Sporting Lisbon)
6. Thomas Frank - 10/1 (Brentford)
7. Thomas Tuchel - 18/1 - (Bayern Munich)
8. Cesc Fabregas - 20/1 (Como)
9. Sebastian Hoeness - 20/1 (Stuttgart)
10. Hansi Flick - 20/1 (Free Agent)
11. Julian Nagelsmann - 28/1 (Germany)
12. Michel Sanchez - 28/1 (Girona)
13. Diego Simeone - 33/1 (Atletico Madrid)
14. Unai Emery - 40/1 (Aston Villa)
15. Vincent Kompany - 40/1 (Burnley)
16. Zinedine Zidane - 40/1 (Free Agent)
17. Antonio Conte - 50/1 (Free Agent)
18. Frank Lampard - 50/1 (Free Agent)
19. Thiago Silva - 50/1 (Free Agent)
20. Jurgen Klopp - 100/1 (Free Agent)

Chelsea aren't the only club in the market for a new manager, with INEOS potentially looking at sacking Erik ten Hag following the FA Cup final, which many are expecting them to lose to Man City for the second year running.

Should Ten Hag be let go, Thomas Tuchel is the favourite to return to the Premier League and manage Man United, with Gareth Southgate also in the running.

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All odds and markets are correct as of the date of publication.