Well, what an interesting few days we’ve had. Remi Garde is now the long odds on favourite to become the new Newcastle manager (1/6!) after it was reported the Newcastle board had reached out to him. After doing a bit of digging around, it was reported when he left his previous job he said he wouldn’t consider work before the summer of 2015 for personal reasons.
Even if he did join before the January transfer window closes, could he actually get any business done, could he really improve the squad so they challenge for any titles or trophies this year? Doubtful. Mike Ashley doesn’t seem to want to plough money into the team willy nilly after some high profile flops.
This is all teeing it self up nicely for John Carver to remain as manager until the end of the season. Hell will freeze over before Newcastle get relegated, with sights lowered and exceptions low, Carver could waltz his way through the remainder of the season and get out unscathed, with a high profile Premiership management job under his belt.
Add to this what the great man Jose Mourniho said about Carver at the weekend:
He said to me, ‘if you keep playing like this you’ll get a five-year contract as Newcastle manager’,” Carver said. “It was nice. At the end of the game he said, ‘you deserve the job, you’re ready for it now. He said ‘I hope you get it’. We just laughed and he gave me another hug – he must have hugged me 10 times today.”
After doing some digging, BetVictor offer the same concession as Skybet, that should any caretaker manager take control of 10 or more fixtures, they’ll pay out on that person.
Bet victor are currently 12/1 on Carver, Skybet 8/1.
The way this is going and the fact no real progress has been made thus far with regards to an outside appointment, Carver is 1/3 of the way there for the concession payout.
Worth a punt.
PS. Carver is trading at under 10/1 on betfair, so the 12/1 on Bet Victor wont be around for long.
