The bookmakers are increasingly confident that Roy Keane will be named the next Sunderland boss with BetVictor and Ladbrokes suspending the betting market on the next Black Cats boss.
However, as we know too well, bookmakers odds are not gospel and a similar incident took place last year.
Betting was suspended last summer with Keane the favourite to take over at his former club Celtic, but a move to the Scottish Premier League side did not transpire.
The former Sunderland boss is being touted for a remarkable return to Wearside after Lee Johnson was sacked by the club last week.
Things went from bad to worse for Kyril Louis-Dreyfus over the weekend as the Black Cats lost to basement side Doncaster Rovers.
The result only further emphasised the need for action with hopes of automatic promotion fading.
Keane was teased by ITV about a possible return to Wearside, but kept his cards close to his chest.
"I’ve got no control over that, so no comment," he said.
"I’ve made that clear over the last few years I’d like to go back into as a manager but of course a club has to want you, you have to want that club and just as important the contract has got to be right so we see how things take shapes over the next few days."
The Championship winning manager remains the 1/3 favourite to take over at the Stadium of Light with Paddy Power.
*Odds accurate at the time of writing.
