Next West Ham Manager Odds: After Nuno Espirito Santo

The understandable favourite to take on the West Ham job is Scott Parker, who left his role with Burnley earlier this year. So, you could maybe argue that he wouldn't be the right candidate.

Nevertheless, he has an affinity for the club, representing the Irons 113 times between 2007 and 2011. Having left them in the Championship too, there may be a mission to help them get back to the Premier League, considering he didn't as a player.

Whilst maybe not the most exciting candidate, Parker knows the Championship very well, having been promoted three times with three separate clubs.

Additionally, each of the trio had big budgets - like the Hammers probably will have - so would play into the decision as well.

Another candidate for familiarity for West Ham would be Bilic, who has represented the club twice, once as a player, once as a manager. However, he has always been linked back for a second spell on the touchline.

Perhaps an easy candidate for the bookies, Bilic is unemployed currently and he could find some familiarity back in London. However, his stock isn't the highest currently.

Having failed to really impress in recent roles, this probably wouldn't be an appointment on merit, but rather status among fans. Would he be welcomed back? Probably.

However, there are almost definitely better candidates to look at...

Gary O'Neil's inclusion here is certainly a little strange. However, it is not to say that it is impossible that he takes a move back to England if offered.

O'Neil is currently in France, managing Chelsea's sister club Strasbourg, so there may be a potential pathway to London, albeit to manage or be involved with the Blues at some point.

Seeing how that went for Liam Rosenior, though, he may want to avoid that.

Having played 48 times for the Irons, he knows the fanbase a little and he could well be a fantastic appointment. However, 4/1 seems a little too short...

Craig Bellamy is an interesting one, considering he is the manager of the Wales national team and when sought by Burnley, he had little interest in a move away.

However, you could argue that West Ham are a much better prospect. So, if there were to be a job to pry him away from the national team, it could be this one.

A coach from the Guardiola lineage, this could be a fantastic opportunity to enter club football - if his ambitions are to eventually get there - considering West Ham should have a bit of fun in the second tier.

It's certainly not a bad option, but whether it's a good option for punters is something else entirely.

There are a few other candidates for the job currently, but whether they provide value is another thing entirely.

Past the first four, you get several strange names, at least in terms of prices. Ruben Amorim is the 8/1 fifth favourite, Ole Gunnar Solskjær is 10/1 and Frank Lampard is available at 12/1.

None of them seem particularly realistic, maybe barring Ole, but even then whether he'd be willing to drop into the Championship is another thing entirely.

Lee Carsley at 16/1 feels like an alright shout, he is unlikely to take the step to becoming the England manager and so he may want to head into club football. Again, West Ham would be a solid option to do that, if there was interest there.

Kieran McKenna, Sam Allardyce, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ange Postecoglou all just feel like names thrown into the hat. However, I don't mind the 25/1 option for Steve Cooper and perhaps Carlos Corberan can be thrown into the discussion at the same price.

Saying that, it just isn't really an attractive market to get involved in currently.