Walsall boss Dean Smith odds-on to become next Brentford manager

Walsall boss Dean Smith is odds-on to become the next manager of Brentford.

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Bookies this afternoon made the Saddlers supremo 1/10 to take over at the west London club.

Walsall chiefs have refused to comment on increasingly strong rumours from Brentford, who are understood to have lodged an official approach for Smith.

Championship sponsor SkyBet have made Smith the overwhelming favourite to take over at Griffin Park after guiding Walsall to fourth in League One, just three points off top spot with a game in hand.