City gaffer 10/1 for weekend exit

05 November 2010 13:00
Sky Bet are offering odds of 10/1 that Roberto Mancini will have left his position as Manchester City boss by midnight on Sunday.[LNB] The Italian's side suffered their third successive defeat on Thursday when they went down 3-1 to Polish outfit Lech Poznan - and face a tricky trip to The Hawthorns on Sunday, where they face Roberto Di Matteo's West Brom.[LNB]The Baggies are unbeaten on home turf in the league and bundled City out of the Carling Cup earlier this season.[LNB]The Italian is now favourite with the online betting firm to be the next casualty of the Premier League sack race, replacing West Ham's Avram Grant (11/4).[LNB]It's 6/4 that Mancini leaves by Christmas and 11/8 that he manages to see out the season at Eastlands.[LNB]Frank Rijkaard heads the latest manager betting as 7/2 joint favourite together with former Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill to succeed Mancini, who has stated he will stay at the club 'until City fire me'.[LNB]

Source: Team_Talk