MARK HUGHES is already the odds-on favourite to take over at QPR according to Ladbrokes.
The bookies make Hughes a 1-2 shot to replace axed Neil Warnock with Gianfranco Zola
4-1. Steve Bruce is 6-1 chance to return to top-flight management.
Ladbrokes betting: Hughes 1-2, Zola 4-1, Bruce 6-1, Dave Jones, Roy Keane 10-1, Gordon Strachan 12-1, Lee Clarke 14-1.
William Hill make Blackburn's Steve Kean 4-6 favourite to be the next Premier League boss to go ahead of 2-1 Owen Coyle.
Other prices: Andre Villas-Boas 9/2, Alex McLeish 7/1, Mick McCarthy 8/1, No manager to leave 8/1, Roberto Martinez 12/1, David Moyes 20/1, Harry Redknapp 25/1, Next permanent QPR manager 25/1, Martin Jol 33/1, Alan Pardew 40/1, Kenny Dalglish 40/1, Roy Hodgson 40/1, Paul Lambert 50/1, Sir Alex Ferguson 66/1, Arsene Wenger 66/1, Brendan Rodgers 66/1, Martin O'Neill 66/1, Roberto Mancini 66/1, Tony Pulis 66/1.