FINLAND coach Stuart Baxter has emerged as a shock candidate to become the next Fulham boss.

William Hill have slashed the 56-year-old's odds from 16-1 to 2-1 to succeed Roy Hodgson at Craven Cottage.

But Sven Goran Eriksson leads the race for the post, as we exclusively revealed on Thursday.

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