Ralf Rangnick @ 10/3
Much as last time, a German is second favourite, but Rangnick is a far more rounded and interesting candidate than Jurgen Klinsmann. Despite winning promotions with multiple clubs and reaching a Champions League semi-final at Schalke, his style rather than his success earned him a reputation, being credited with introducing the popular pressing style of the day to the Bundesliga and altering perceptions of the league. The demands for Glenn Hoddle show the value in which England fans hold possessing a discernible tactical ideology, and the RB Leipzig director certainly provides that.
Laurent Blanc @ 33/1
The ease with which Blanc won at Paris St-Germain gets used as a knock on him, even though he fared better than feted predecessor Carlo Ancelotti and Unai Emery has so far shown that the job isn't as simple as his performance implied. He topped Ligue 1 and reached a Champions League semi-final in three years at Bordeaux, and finished first three times and got to three quarter-finals in three in Paris, winning six other major trophies across those stints. The 50-year-old has international pedigree too, steering France to the Euro 2012 quarters after their Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 group-stage flops.
Louis van Gaal @ 33/1
Obviously things didn't work out quite as well as they should have at Manchester United, yet Van Gaal is just over two years removed from an excellent international run in charge of the Netherlands, placing third at World Cup 2014 and beating Spain, Chile and Brazil en route. They didn't even qualify for a 24-team European Championship without him. His legacy at Old Trafford may not be an FA Cup triumph and fourth and fifth-place finishes - arguably par for the period and squad he was given - but plucking Marcus Rashford from obscurity and turning him into a starter at the age of 18.
