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Di Matteo odds-on for Villa vacancy

ROBERTO DI MATTEO is all the rage to be Aston Villa’s next manager after the Italian was backed into 1-2 with Coral and Betfair to take over the relegated Premier League outfit.

Nigel Pearson is 13-5 with Paddy Power and it is 18-1 bar the front two in the market which suggests bookmakers believe it is now a two-horse race. Di Matteo had been as big as 66-1 with bet365 early last week.

Marcus Rashford is still 1-8 with Coral not to be in England’s Euro 2016 squad but bet365 have cut the Manchester United youngster to 4-1 from 5-1 to force his way into Roy Hodgson’s plans after scoring for Manchester United in their 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Tuesday.

The result saw United finish the campaign in fifth but they do have a chance to save their season in Saturday’s FA Cup final against Crystal Palace. Rashford is 11-2 with bet365 to be named as the man of the match at Wembley.

Manchester City’s Martin Demichelis has been fined £22,058 but avoided a ban after he broke FA betting rules.

The centre-back placed 29 bets on football fixtures between January 22 and February 15 of this year but none of those games are believed to have been on matches where he had any influence.

Northern Ireland have named their squad to take on Belarus on May 27 with Michael O’Neill set to trim his pool of players down to 23 for the European Championship the following day.

Portugal selected their 23-man squad on Tuesday night which is minus the injured Bernardo Silva.

Swansea flop Eder is the only natural striker in the travelling party, although Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to play through the middle as the main forward.

Northern Ireland squad v Belarus – goalkeepers: A Mannus, M McGovern, R Carroll; defenders: C Cathcart, J Evans, G McAuley, L McCullough, C McLaughlin, L Hodson, A Hughes, D Lafferty, P McNair, M Smith; midfielders: S Davis, C Baird, O Norwood, C Evans, S Ferguson, B Reeves, S Dallas, N McGinn; forwards: W Grigg, K Lafferty, C Washington, B McKay, L Boyce, J Ward, J Magennis.

Portugal squad for Euro 2016 – goalkeepers: R Patricio, A Lopes, Eduardo; defenders: Vieirinha, Cedric, Pepe, R Carvalho, B Alves, J Fonte, Eliseu, R Guerreiro; midfielders: W Carvalho, Danilo Pereira, J Moutinho, R Sanches, A Silva, A Gomes, J Mario; forwards: R Silva, R Quaresma, Nani, C Ronaldo, Eder.

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