Ex-Ireland international and former assistant Keith Andrews has been installed as favourite to take over Brentford following the departure of Thomas Frank.
Frank was announced as the new Tottenham manager late on Thursday, putting pen to paper on a three-year deal to end his illustrious tenure with the London-based outfit.
And with the search for a new manager underway, former Ireland international Keith Andrews has been installed as hot favourite to take over the role.
Andrews played 35 times for Ireland between 2008 and 2012 and retired from professional football in 2015.
Since then, Andrews has been involved in coaching and was recently part of Stephen Kenny's backroom staff with Ireland as well as working with Brentford under Thomas Frank as their set piece coach.
Betfair have released their odds for the vacant managerial post with Andrews priced at 1/9 after seeing his odds slashed on Friday afternoon to 1/9 while Kieran McKenna has drifted to 10/3
Other names mentioned for the job are Bodo/Glimt's Kjetil Knutsen and Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Rohl.
Betfair spokesperson Sam Rosbottom said: “Odds have been slashed on Keith Andrews to become the next permanent Brentford manager with the Bees looking to move quickly to replace Thomas Frank, who joined Tottenham on Thursday. Andrews is now the 1/9 favourite to take the job, having been 6/5 on Friday morning and as long as 22/1 when the market opened.
“Kieran McKenna follows at 10/3 to make an immediate return to the Premier League, with Ange Postecoglou alongside Danny Rohl at 9/1.”
If he does get the job, Andrews will become the first Republic of Ireland international to manage in England's top flight since Chris Hughton with Brighton.
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