Next Hull Manager Odds: Kayserispor Boss Emerges As Favourite For Tigers Job

Hull City's search for a new manager is turning into a fascinating one and another new name has emerged as favourite to replace Ruben Selles.

Once again there is a Turkish connection which sees Kayserispor boss Sergej Jakirovic installed as the frontrunner with betting sites to fill the vacancy at the MKM Stadium.

Jakirovic, who holds dual Bosnian-Croatian citizenship, has won titles in both of those countries and he has resurrected the fortunes of his new club in the Super Lig this season.

Selles became the third manager sacked by owner Acun Ilicali in the last 12 months despite completing his mission of keeping the club in the Championship.

City went into the final day in the bottom three, but a 1-1 draw at Portsmouth was enough to save them, although just nine wins from his 27 league games in charge wasn't enough to earn Selles a reprieve.

Hull said in a statement: “Following a thorough review of football operations after a challenging campaign, the club feels a change in leadership is necessary to move the team forward in line with our ambitions.”

The club are now searching for a fifth permanent boss since the Turkish media mogul took control in early 2022.

Who will be appointed Tigers manager ahead of the 2025/26 season? We look at the candidates and the latest next Hull City manager odds.

Jakirovic Jumps To Top Of Tigers Queue

Jakirovic hardly set the world alight as a player, but he is starting to cause a stir as a manager.

He first rose to prominence at his hometown club Zrinjski Mostar, who broke the all-time Bosnian Premier League record with 13 consecutive victories en route to winning the 2021/22 domestic title.

Jakirovic spent eight months at Rijeka in Croatia before joining Dinamo Zagreb with whom he won the league and cup double last season.

Next Hull City Manager Odds:

However, he was sacked last September following a record 9-2 Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich, but four months later was back in work at Kayserispor, who were in the relegation zone when he took the reins.

Just three defeats in 16 matches ensured Kayserispor would spend another season in the top flight, a rescue mission which has caught the eye of Hull's Turkish owner.

Jakirovic has been linked with a move to East Yorkshire and is 1/2 in the next Hull manager odds.

Turkish Delight For Tigers Fans?

Former Borussia Dortmund head coach Nuri Sahin replaced Albert Riera as frontrunner for the Tigers post, but he has since been supplanted by Jakirovic.

Sahin is a Borussia Dortmund legend where he won the title as a player in the 2010/11 season, but his managerial spell with the Bundesliga giants did not end well.

The former Turkey and Real Madrid midfielder joined Dortmund as an assistant at the end of 2023, but was appointed head coach in the summer following Edin Terzic's decision to leave the club after a bust-up with Mats Hummels.

However, Sahin was sacked in January, just seven months into his reign, after a 2-1 defeat by Bologna which left Dortmund 13th in the Champions League table.

The 2023/24 finalists were also 10th in the Bundesliga at the time of his dismissal, so his spell can hardly be categorised as a success.

Sahin does have some experience of English football, having joined Liverpool on a season-long loan in 2012, but he returned to Dortmund during the winter transfer window.

He also had some success as a manager with Turkish club Antalyaspor before rejoining Dortmund.

Ilicali is reportedly on the brink of making a "fantastic" appointment, but could that be Sahin, who has drifted from 1/2 favourite to 4/1 with football betting sites to become Hull's next manager?

Vieira In The Mix

Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira has coached in the USA, France, Italy and England, but could he return to these shores as manager of Hull City?

The former Crystal Palace manager has been head coach at Genoa since November 2024 following previous spells with New York City, Nice and Strasbourg.

Although Vieira enjoyed a glittering career as a player which involved three Premier League and four Serie A titles with Inter and AC Milan, the 1998 World Cup winner has yet to win a trophy as a manager.

Reports in Italy suggest Vieira's spell at Genoa could be coming to an end despite a 3-1 win at Bologna on the final day of the season ensuring they finished 13th in the table.

Vieira would be a high-profile appointment and he remains 4/1 to make the MKM Stadium his next move.

Beale Back From Saudi Stint

Michael Beale is now available after his spell ended as an assistant to Steven Gerrard at Saudi Arabian outfit Al-Ettifaq.

Beale reunited with the former Rangers boss in November 2024, but two months later Gerrard left the club by mutual consent.

It was not made clear at the time whether Beale followed Gerrard, but it is now understood that the ex-QPR and Sunderland boss followed suit.

Beale led QPR to the top of the Championship table in October 2022 and rejected an offer from Wolves to become their manager, but could not resist the lure of Rangers a month later.

His spell at Ibrox lasted just under a year and his subsequent move to the Stadium of Light just two months, the shortest managerial spell in Black Cats history, but he is well regarded as a coach.

Beale is now the fourth favourite for the Hull job, but his odds have lengthened from 12/1 to 20/1.

Terim Move For Tigers?

Fatih Terim won the Turkish Super Lig title eight times during four separate spells with Galatasaray, but now finds himself in Saudi Arabia as head coach of Al-Shabab, who finished sixth in the league.

The 71-year-old has also been Turkey's national coach on three different occasions, leading his country to the Euro 2008 semi-finals, and he was in charge at Fiorentina and AC Milan at the turn of the century.

Terim does not lack for experience, but he has never coached in England and it is unlikely City will be able to match his salary with Al-Shabab where he signed a six-month contract in December with the option of a further year.

Terim was 8/1 third favourite with betting apps earlier in the week, but those odds have since tripled to 25/1, the same price as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The former Manchester United manager is now with Besiktas, who will finish in the top four in the Turkish Super Lig.

The Norwegian has experience of coaching in the Championship, a short-lived spell with Cardiff, who sacked him in September 2014, having failed to keep the Welsh club in the Premier League. 

Cooper Awaits Next Opportunity

Steve Cooper will surely be a busy man this summer, taking calls from clubs hoping he can replicate his remarkable achievement at Nottingham Forest a couple of seasons ago.

While things did not work out at now-relegated Leicester, where he was sacked after just 12 games in November, there are a lot of Foxes fans wondering if they could have stayed up with Cooper at the helm. 

Another admirer of the Welshman is ex-City defender Michael Dawson, who made 122 appearances for the club. He told Gambling.com in an exclusive interview, that Cooper is the right manager to turn the club's fortunes around at the MKM Stadium.

"Steve Cooper would be a great fit," he said. "I'm a big admirer of Steve, I really, really am. What Steve did at Nottingham Forest, when he went in the door, he was more likely to get relegated than he was promoted that season."

Cooper might be ready to return to management but he is an outsider at 33/1, the same price as former West Ham, West Brom and Watford boss Slaven Bilic.

Riera No Longer On The Radar

Former Liverpool winger Albert Riera, head coach at Slovenian side Celje, was 1/2 favourite last week, but he no longer looks in the running at 33/1.

Ex-Newcastle midfielder and current Antalyaspor head coach Emre Belozoglu reportedly held talks with the Tigers about the vacancy, according to the Hull Daily Mail, but his odds have drifted to 33/1 to land his first managerial post in England.

Elsewhere, Tony Mowbray’s vast experience of the Championship means he is also 33/1 to get back into management following his exit at West Brom.

Steven Gerrard and Jack Wilshere, who took charge of Norwich for the final two games of the season, are also 33/1, the same odds as former Chelsea and England defender John Terry.

* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.