You Bet This Could Be Kean And Coyle's Midnight Date With Destiny?.........Darren & Defoe To Depart?

William Hill offer 33/1 that both Steve Kean and Owen Coyle will cease to be manager of, respectively, Blackburn and Bolton, by midnight on Tuesday - the day in which the two relegation-threatened sides meet in a proverbial six-pointer - with punters already backing former Rovers' striker Alan Shearer at 6/1 to be brought in to succeed under-fire Kean. 'Defeat is likely to herald the imminent departure of whichever of these two struggling bosses is on the wrong end of the outcome, while a draw may just delay the inevitable for both of them' said William Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.

William Hill's make Blackburn 6/5 favourites to win the game, with Bolton 12/5 and the draw an 11/5 chance.

Blackburn and Bolton are each 8/13 to be relegated, 6/5 to stay up with Hills who make each of them 3/1 to be relegated.

To Be Gone By Midnight Tuesday:

Kean & Coyle

• Both gone 33/1
• 1 gone 11/4
• Both still there 1/4

• Kean to go before midnight Tuesday  5/1; 1/9 not
• Coyle to go before midnight Tuesday; 5/1; 1/9 not

Next Premier League Manager To Leave His Club:

• 2/5 Kean
• 7/4 Coyle
• 8/1 AVB; McLeish
• 11/1 McCarthy
• 16/1 Jol/Martinez.

Others on request.

Darren And Defoe To Depart?

Following Darren Bent's ill-advised shopping spree while his club were shipping Premier League points, William Hill offer 11/4 that he will have left Villa before the start of next season, 1/ 4 that he is still there.

And Hills offer 6/5 that unsettled Spurs' striker Jermain Defoe, concerned at his lack of starts this season, will leave the club before the end of the January transfer window, 8/13 that he is still with the club when it closes.