Stoke will begin life in the Championship with a new manager after Paul Lambert departed the bet365 Stadium on Friday.

Only appointed in January, Lambert, who won just two of this 15 games in charge, has left by “mutual consent” having failed to keep the Potters in the Premier League.

Here Press Association Sport looks at five bosses the club’s hierarchy could turn to next.

David Moyes

It has been a week of managerial upheaval and Moyes is among those looking for a new job after his short-term deal with West Ham ended. He succeeded where his fellow Scot Lambert failed and kept the club he came into up, so he may feel he can have another crack in the Premier League. Potters chief executive Tony Scholes worked with Moyes at Preston too.

Graham Potter

Sam Allardyce

Gary Rowett

Dean Smith