Former Doncaster Rovers boss Darren Ferguson favourite for League One job

The Dons sacked head coach Liam Manning on Sunday following their latest defeat, which left them 23rd in the table and six points from safety with just one win in their past 11 league games.

Ferguson, who is a five-time promotion-winner, has been out of work since leaving Peterborough United for a third time in February.

As of Monday afternoon he was the 4/1 favourite to take over at Stadium MK with BetVictor.

Other names linked with the position include ex-Wigan Athletic boss Leam Richardson, Marc Bircham and Brian Barry Murphy.

Ferguson led Rovers to promotion from League Two in the 2016/17 season after they had been relegated under his stewardship one year prior.

He quit in June 2018 following discussions with the club’s board, which he said left him feeling he had ‘no alternative’ but to move on after overseeing a 15th-placed finish in League One.

Ferguson claimed they failed to match his ambition and was replaced by Grant McCann, who led Doncaster to the play-offs the following season after overseeing a sixth-placed finish.

Manning was in charge for 16 months and led the Done to the play-offs last season.

MK Dons owner Pete Winkelman said: “There is no doubt we had to make changes to give ourselves a fighting chance, but whoever takes over will have to take that on and have to have the spirit and leadership to take us through it.”