Monk now 3-1 favorite with Paddy Power to be next manager. Victor Chandler have Jones as 3-1 favorite and Stan James have Morten as 3-1 favorite. So take your pick. But you can get odds for 8-1 or more for all of these. So seems that no-one really knows at the moment. That might mean ML is staying until end of season. Maybe too expensive to get rid of him, so make other changes to dilute his influence.
It looks like Laudrup played this very well. Get his agent to make Huw think big teams were after him, make Huw panic and offer new contract with £10 million buy-out. And now Huw can't get rid of him without paying a big load of cash. I think Huw has been out-maneuvered. A masterclass in negotiating.