Sentences with phrase «early favourite»

Having beaten Chelsea 3 - 0 on Sunday, City are now looking like early favourites for the Premier League title, and the arrival of this duo will certainly do no harm to their chances of success.

As expected, Juventus boss Max Allegri and fellow Italian Carlo Ancelotti have emerged as early favourites to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal...

Chelsea are set to offload Ghana defender to Turkey with Fenerbahce early favourites to get his signature as a replacement for Caner.

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Manchester United were early favourites due to David Moyes» appointment at Old Trafford, but with Thaigo Alacantra expected to arrive the Manchester side may no longer deem a move for Fellaini essential.

She joins other early favourites such as Cate Blanchett in romantic drama Carol and Jennifer Lawrence in Miracle Mop comedy Joy.

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This year's other mandatory controversy has been supplied by early favourite Steve McQueen, who snubbed the Turner two years ago and reputedly had to be talked into accepting his nomination this time.

Early favourite for player of the season at Arsenal?

Yesterday at 02:45 am - As expected, Juventus boss Max Allegri and fellow Italian Carlo Ancelotti have emerged as early favourites to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal...

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The early favourite to replace him had been Tiff Macklem, 51, the second - in - command at the bank who had apparently been groomed for the prestigious post.

The appointment surprised many; the early favourite was the bank's second - in - command Tiff Macklem.

Manchester City have been tipped as the early favourites to land his services, but Chelsea chiefs are reportedly confident of being able to convince him otherwise.

And according to the lastest Arsenal transfer rumours in the press, there are two early favourites for the move to north London.

Michael Emenalo, who recently moved from Chelsea to Monaco, is fighting to keep hold of the talented Portuguese tactician, who looks the early favourite to move to the Emirates Stadium if Arsene Wenger steps down this summer, according to the Independent.

However this season, many candidates remain in the hunt for the prize with Sergio Aguero looking like an early favourite and Alexis Sanchez the latest to dominate the betting odds.

USA coach Bob Bradley is the early favourite on Betfair to be named the next manager of Aston Villa.

Nevertheless, the bookmakers have had their say early on with Sevilla boss Jorge Sampaoli getting the nod as the early favourite for the post, as per Sky Bet, via Sky Sports.

Betfair's Andy Lulham said: «It's no surprise that Bradley is being linked to Villa Park having done a decent job at international level with the United States, and that's why the Betfair punters have made him the early favourite for the position.

Spurs had taken a 2 - 1 lead, but the Blues were in fine form at the start of the season and turned things around with Juan Mata in particularly great form, as the visitors looked like being early favourites for the title, while Spurs» challenge perhaps looked over.

If, as I hope he does, Wenger decides to actually use the transfer window this time, there are a number of good options out there, with some early favourites in the rumour mill being the Sporting Lisbon and Portugal star William Carvalho and the Bayer Leverkusen and Germany star Lars Bender.

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The bookmakers have made Newcastle United's under - fire leader Alan Pardew the early favourite, while Chris Hughton and Symons are also at fairly short odds.

Tim Sherwood was heavily linked with the position before Warnock was appointed, and will presumably be amongst the early favourites.

As the wait goes on, it has led to further speculation and while Tottenham were the early favourites to snap up the Liverpudlian, it looks as though Mourinho is ready to offer stiff competition to bolster his midfield options at Man Utd.

But the early favourite to succeed Villas - Boas, former Chelsea boss Hiddink, will not be taking the role on according to his representative.

The early favourite appears to be Remi Garde, but Lerner has always said that he won't be rushed into making appointments.

With Pardew departed, a host of names are being linked — but it is former West Brom midfielder, and one - time caretaker, Michael Appleton who is early favourite for the role.

Brendan Rodgers, Patrick Vieira and Carlo Ancelotti are some of the early favourites with Sky Bet to replace Arsene Wenger.

Thomas Tuchel had been installed as the early favourite after Wenger revealed he will leave his job as Gunners boss at the end of the season after 22 years in charge of the North London.

Juve were comfortable, 4 - 0 winners over Trabzonspor but have a difficult tie against Fiorentina who were among the early favourites during the group stages.

On the eve of what will surely be his second title win as Celtic boss, Brendan Rodgers emerged as the early favourite for the Arsenal role.

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes is the early favourite to succeed Strachan with British bookmakers.

Few will be surprised to see that the Ivory Coast have been installed as the early favourites with a best price of 4/1.

I'd have been far happier if we'd signed the early favourites Jovetic or Villa, Capoue or Fellaini plus Reina and Williams — all identified as fitting our needs well enough.

Crystal Palace are ready to ask Sam Allardyce to return to the club, but Roy Hodgson remains the early favourite to take charge at Crystal Palace if, as expected, Frank De Boer loses his job.

Swansea City have confirmed the departure of Paul Clement after just less than a year in the job and Tony Pulis is early favourite to take charge at The Liberty Stadium.

An early favourite to succeed the Frenchman will be Michael Van Praag, 68 - year - old head of the Dutch federation, who expressed an interest during the executive committee meeting.

Tottenham are early favourites for the Europa League trophy, and after convincing early wins over Anzhi Makhachkala and Tromso they have travelled to Tiraspol to face FC Sheriff.

Given that we are now eight games in, it is a good point to evaluate where all the early favourites stand and how far away we are from them.

Giggs, meanwhile, was another of the early favourites for the role, but despite the strong reports linking him with the job, there was little substantial to back that up other than speculation.

Early favourites this year include the winner of the The X Factor (it apparently doesn't matter who that is), Coronation Street star Ian Reddington and Peter Kay's character Geraldine McQueen, winner of the fictional reality TV show Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice.

Tessa Jowell was the early favourite, but Khan benefited from the large influx of new Labour members and supporters enthused by Jeremy Corbyn's leadership bid.

Mr Tickle was an early favourite.

Was early favourite but has lost ground to Beckett.

Quinn was the early favourite to be the Democratic nominee but De Blasio won 40.81 % of the vote in the primary, winning the poll outright.

These are the early favourites to replace him.

Jarvis, who was seen as one of the early favourites to succeed Miliband, recently remarried after losing his first wife to cancer in 2010.

Mr Fraser, who emerged as the early favourite to succeed her, said he would be discussing with colleagues whether to enter the leadership race.