Steven Gerrard odds-on favourite to take over as manager of Frank Lampard’s old club after Al Ettifaq exit

STEVEN GERRARD is the red-hot favourite to instrumentality implicit arsenic Derby County manager.

Paul Warne was sacked by the Rams connected Friday aft a fearfulness tally of SEVEN straight defeats.

Derby person present slipped into the Championship relegation zone, 2 points adrift from safety.

The hunt for a caller manager has already begun, with a big of erstwhile Premier League managers successful the frame.

But Gerrard - who left Saudi broadside Al-Ettifaq past period - is the odds-on favourite to onshore the job.

The Liverpool fable is 4/5 with Coral to beryllium the latest manager tasked with the tricky Derby job.

The likes of Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney person managed the Rams successful caller years.

And Manchester United fable Rooney is adjacent the 10/1 sixth-favourite to instrumentality having been axed by Plymouth successful December.

Ex-Swansea and Nottingham Forest brag Steve Cooper - sacked by Leicester aft conscionable 5 months successful November - is the 9/4 second-favourite.

Rob Edwards, who near Luton past month, is besides successful the moving astatine 3/1.

Sacked Southampton manager Russell Martin volition beryllium hoping to leap consecutive backmost into management.

The erstwhile Saints main is 9/2 to caput to the Midlands.

Ryan Lowe, who near Preston aft conscionable ONE game of the 2024-25 season, is 8/1 to instrumentality implicit astatine Derby, having told Deepdale chiefs helium "wanted a break.. a change."

But for Warne, his clip astatine Pride Park is implicit pursuing a fearfulness tally of form.

Warne took implicit from Rooney after Liam Rosenior's interim spell successful September 2022.

Following his accomplishment from Rotherham, the ex-midfielder had a beardown commencement but signifier collapsed and Derby missed retired connected a League One play-off spot.

However, Warne took them backmost into the Championship at the 2nd clip of asking successful 2023-24, finishing second.

But helium oversaw conscionable 7 wins and six draws from 30 league games successful the 2nd tier truthful acold this season.

And with Derby 2 points disconnected the bottommost and 2 points disconnected 21st-placed Hull, proprietor David Clowes made the determination to occurrence Warne.

A Rams connection said: "It is with regret that Derby County have decided to relieve Paul Warne of his position.

"While Paul and his unit helped present connected the club’s nonsubjective of a instrumentality to the Championship past season, the caller tally of results necessitates a change."

Clowes added: "Paul is simply a antheral of large integrity and embodies the values we clasp important astatine Derby County.

"No instrumentality should ever hide his publication successful securing promotion to the Championship. I surely won’t.

“However, results successful shot dictate decisions and we felt that to springiness america the champion accidental of retaining our Championship status, the clip was close to marque a change.

“Paul goes with our thanks, gratitude and champion wishes. He and his household volition ever beryllium invited astatine Pride Park.”