Ladbrokes chopped the odds on Souness leaving St James' from 10-1 to 9-2, 3-1, 7-4, and now 5/4 favourite during a frantic day's trading yesterday, with O'Leary second favourite at 9-4. Sunderland's Mick McCarthy has also dropped from 5/1 to 3/1..
Graeme Souness 7/4
David O'Leary 9/4
Mick McCarthy 3/1
Alan Curbishley 7/1
Steve Bruce 8/1
Bryan Robson 12/1
Chris Coleman 20/1
David Moyes 20/1