Next West Ham Manager Odds: Nuno hot favourite to replace Potter
Will Jackson 
Nuno Espirito Santo is the hot favourite to replace Graham Potter in the next West Ham manager odds, after a disastrous start to the season.
After leaving Nottingham Forest with his reputation enhanced, Nuno is as short as 4/7 with sports betting sites to replace Potter in the coming weeks after picking up just one win in the opening five league games.
Free Bets takes a closer look at the other names in the running for the West Ham job.
Next West Ham Manager Odds
| Candidate | Next West Ham Manager Odds |
| Nuno Espirito Santo | 4/7 |
| Slaven Bilic | 5/4 |
| Gary O'Neil | 5/1 |
| Sean Dyche | 12/1 |
| Michael Carrick | 14/1 |
Nuno Espirito Santo
It was hardly a surprise when Nuno left Nottingham Forest, but it was more to do with his relationship with the board than anything that happened on the pitch.
He left the City Ground a hero, having guided them back into European football for the first time since 1995/96, having fallen out with Edu and owner Evangelos Marinakis.
A seventh-placed finish having been predicted to be fighting it out at the bottom of the table means his services will be high in demand for the next Premier League club to sack a manager, and it could end up being a race to sack the current person in charge to get Nuno in.
His style of play is slightly more pragmatic than they tend to favour at West Ham so it is not a natural fit, but given the rate at which they are conceding goals this season he could be a sensible move.
Slaven Bilic
Each time a West Ham manager loses their job, Bilic is one of the names that appears in the football betting markets.
He is currently without a club after leaving Al-Fateh in the summer, and does have a history with the Hammers having played for them and then managing them for over two years - of recent managers, only David Moyes has a better points-per-game record.
His teams were known for playing entertaining and fluid football, but he left there in 2017 and that is already eight years ago.
He has not managed in England for a couple of years and not in the Premier League since 2020, so could it be a bit much to expect him to turn this around? It might be the easiest way to get fans onside though.
Gary O'Neil
Things ended quite badly for him at Wolves last season, but it is still a bit of a surprise that Gary O'Neil remains without a job.
It was presumed that Championship clubs would be lining up for a young coach with a burgeoning reputation, having done respectable jobs at both Bournemouth and Wolves, but he remains unemployed.
He is a former West Ham player which ticks one box, but would it be viewed as ambitious enough for a set of fans who think they should be achieving far more as a club?
With almost every job that becomes available in English football, you expect to see O'Neil's name up there in the betting markets at the moment so perhaps that's more likely to be the reason for these links appearing rather than any concrete interest from the West Ham board.
Sean Dyche
There's not much that needs to be said about Dyche that people don't already know, but he is another who relegation-threatened clubs could be fighting over this season.
We all know what we're getting with Dyche. The football won't be pretty, but it will be pretty pragmatic and defensive-focused and will give you a good chance of staying in the Premier League.
It would seem a very awkward fit with West Ham - as it was with Everton - but if they are being really honest with themselves, those are the markets they are competing in at the moment and they're kidding themselves if they think otherwise.
He has just launched a new podcast with TalkSport though, so who is to say he would be interested!
Michael Carrick
It's not hard to see why Carrick is being linked with this role, even if it might come slightly too early in his career.
He is a young manager who has played for West Ham and at the very highest level with England Manchester United, so he's a big name who might fancy returning to his old club, and he played good football in his only manager role so far.
Those are two big ticks in terms of what West Ham fans want - but is he experienced enough?
He was promising at Middlesbrough, but ultimately failed to deliver promotion and is now out of work, so you feel like he has a lot to prove before getting a job in the top flight.
If West Ham went down this season, I'd be putting my money on this happening next summer.
