It's been an interesting few days in the race to replace Kit Symons as Fulham manager – but what next for the Whites?

Steve Clarke looked odds-on to take the job on Thursday, with his weekly press conference as Reading manager cancelled and all betting on him suspended.

However, Clarke pulled himself out of the running the following day, deciding he was better of at the Madejski, although money was rumoured to be a sticking point.

Steve Clarke

Fulham may well have avoided a banana skin there, considering the mainly negative reaction from their fans on social media over Clarke's possible appointment.

Another day on, and U21s coach Peter Grant, who was only a few days before the game given the caretaker-manager role, ruled himself out too after leading the Whites to a 1-1 draw at MK Dons.

The Scot feels that his place is amongst the back room staff, and like Lee Carsley at west London rivals Brentford, insists that not even a good run of form under his tenure would change his mind.

Fulham coach Alan Curbishley in the stands

Alan Curbishley, who has been running things alongside Grant since Symons' departure, is understood to be interested and has already admitted it is an attractive job to him.

However, despite his impressive track record during 15 years as Charlton Athletic boss, there would be concerns over the fact that Curbishley, who was in the stands rather than the dugout yesterday, has not managed a side in more than seven years.

And so to the best of the rest, and former Leicester boss Nigel Pearson, who has been the bookies' favourite all along, remains so, and would be a shrewd appointment.

Nigel Pearson

Having guided Leicester into the top flight and kept them there against the odds, laying the foundations for a side currently topping the Premier League, Pearson's stock remains high, despite being sacked by the Foxes in June, and was being lined up as Clarke's replacement at the Madejski if the Reading boss had joined Fulham.

Slavisa Jokanovic is still high up in the odds, just ahead of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who is being strongly linked with the QPR post, and Harry Redknapp, a former incumbent of the Loftus Road hot seat. Chelsea first team coach Steve Holland could also emerge as a good outside bet.

However, the leading candidate in our GetWestLondon poll is former Liverpool boss Brendan Rogers, who had polled just under a quarter of all votes (24.9%) at the time of writing, followed by ex-Man United boss David Moyes (21.6%) and Pearson (20.1%).

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