Frank in the frame

Money on hold while Kovalev seeks revenge

Mark Pearson on the big Ward-Kovalev rematch PEARSON’S DUTCH great Frank De Boer (below) is 6-4 to replace Sam Allardyce as Crystal Palace manager.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche is 7-4 and former Liverpool assistant Mauricio Pellegrino 3-1.

Simon Grayson is 5-4 to be appointed the next Sunderland boss.

Black Cats legend Kevin Phillips is 3s, with Nigel Pearson – remember him – and Chris Wilder 6s.

Derek McInnes, who has stayed at Aberdeen after holding talks about the job, is 16-1 to change his mind. Ex-Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel was evens to replace Claude Puel as Southampton boss but the German appears to have distanced himself from the post. Palace target De Boer is also 6-4 to be appointed Saints boss, with Pellegrino 4s and Ryan Giggs 12s.