Managers' job security in doubt

IT'S not only Michael Carrick whose future as a Championship manager is in the spotlight.

- By LEIGH CURTIS, PETER SMITH

The number of vacancies could yet become seven in the first week after the end of the season as Carrick and Ruben Selles wait to find out their fates, as well as Ruud van Nistelrooy and Marti Cifuentes.

Watford’s dismissal of Tom Cleverley came in the wake of Norwich City firing Johannes Hoff Thorup and West Brom letting go of Tony Mowbray in the aftermath of their defeat to Derby County. Southampton, on their way straight back down from the Premier League, got rid of Ivan Juric last month, too.