Rob Page has been sacked as Wales coach.

The man who has been in charge of Wales for the best part of four years, managing Cymru through one EUROS and to a World Cup, has gone.

Now, the attention will now turn to who will succeed Page as Wales’ next head coach.

Page was Ryan Giggs’ number two when he was appointed, and Wales may opt to select an interim manager again with former Cardiff and Swansea player Alan Knill and former Sheffield United forward Jack Lester his assistant managers.

Former Wales captain Chris Gunter is also part of the backroom team.

However, it is a former coach with Wales who appears to be both the fans’ and the bookies’ favourite.

Osian Roberts – EVENS ­– Odds courtesy of DragonBet

Osian Roberts, who recently took interim charge of Italian side Como taking them to Serie A, is currently the bookies’ favourite with Dragon Bet pricing him at even money.

Roberts was assistant under Chris Coleman during Wales’ run to the semi-finals of EURO 2016, and fans have already expressed their hope he will return.

“Osian Roberts knows the pathway. Knows the players and arguably should have been the guy after Coleman,” said one fan.

“Hopefully they [FAW] will see some common sense and name Osian Roberts who has proven himself in various countries.”

Craig Bellamy – 3/1

Close behind Roberts is current Burnley acting head coach Craig Bellamy.

The former Cardiff and Liverpool man won 78 caps for his country and is currently in a bit of flux after head coach Vincent Kompany made the move to Bayern Munich.

He has been heavily linked with succeeding Kompany at Burnley and hoping to lead them back to the Premier League after relegation at the end of last season.

Chris Coleman – 16/1

The return of Chris Coleman to the Wales job would seem another obvious option for Wales.

Their former manager during Wales’ most successful EUROs campaign and came within touching distance of the World Cup.

However, since his time at Wales, Coleman endured a disastrous spell at Sunderland where they were relegated to League One and has since taken jobs in China and Greece.

In May this year, Coleman was announced as the new manager of Cypriot side AEL Limassol and it will be unlikely he will be changing jobs so quickly and returning to Wales.

Rob Edwards – 25/1

Edwards is at slightly longer odds at 25/1 but the former Wolves defender has impressed during his short managerial career to date.

After getting Luton promoted to the Premier League last year, he saw his side relegated at the end of the season, despite an impressive fight with the smallest resources and budget in the league.

Wales would have hoped they might be able to tempt Edwards away from Luton after his side were relegated and the former Wales international would perhaps offer an alternative perspective having not been part of the set up since the last of his Wales caps in the lead up to EURO 2004.

However, he signed a new four-year-deal at the Hatters on Wednesday meaning it will be incredibly unlikely he will move now to take the Wales job.

Others

Others are in the reckoning including the likes of former Stoke and Southampton boss Nathan Jones, 16/1, who was appointed Charlton boss in February 2024.

Mark Hughes, 25/1, who was Wales’ head coach between 1999 and 2004 is another option whilst ex-Stoke and West Brom boss Tony Pulis, 33/1, would offer a complete contrast in culture to what is currently in place.

All further odds are available on the DragonBet website.

The expectation is that Wales will look to someone who is Welsh to be appointed and have already missed out on Steve Cooper, who was appointed as Leicester City’s new boss on Thursday.

Non-Welsh managers could include a number of managers at the current EUROs, including Portugal coach Roberto Martinez or France’s Olympics head coach Thierry Henry.

Finally, ex-Swansea head coach Graham Potter is currently without a coaching position and missed out to Cooper for the Leicester job. The current line is that Potter is keen on the England job, with Gareth Southgate more than likely to step down after EURO 2024.

Whoever it is, will be taking charge as Wales face a tough start to their Nation’s League campaign as they host Turkey on September 6th.