JONATHAN Woodgate is expected to remain in caretaker charge of Cherries for Tuesday's FA Cup trip to Burnley.

The 41-year-old, who only arrived as a first-team coach at Cherries on Monday, was placed in interim charge two days later following the dismissal of Jason Tindall.

Woodgate, who spent a year in charge of Middlesbrough during the 2019-20 campaign, emerged victorious in his first game in temporary charge on Saturday, guiding Cherries to a 3-2 victory over Birmingham.

Discussing his position after the win over the Blues, Woodgate said: "My remit is to manage against Birmingham. That’s as far as it goes."

The former Real Madrid and Tottenham centre-back is due to face the media at 11am on Monday morning to preview the fifth-round cup trip to Burnley the following day.

It is understood he is expected to then remain in charge for that clash at Turf Moor as a search continues for a new permanent successor to Tindall.

In an ideal world, Cherries would have a new boss in charge for next Saturday's Championship trip to Nottingham Forest, but the board will not rush into an appointment until they are confident they have found the right candidate.

The Daily Echo understands an interview process for the position is not yet underway with the board still weighing up various options and drawing up a shortlist for the vacancy.

Aside from bringing Eddie Howe and Tindall back to Dean Court from Burnley, the Cherries hierarchy have not been in a position of looking for a new manager from outside of the club for more than a decade, since hiring Jimmy Quinn in September 2008.

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Since then, all managerial appointments have come from personnel already inside the club in Howe, Lee Bradbury, Paul Groves and Tindall.

While Howe was in charge at the club for his second spell for nearly eight years, it is understood the board did have certain names in mind who could one day become his successor.

Given this situation of stability has been unique compared to the majority of clubs in the Football League, the board are keen to learn from the lessons of the process over the summer of finding a new boss when Howe departed.

As such, they are prepared to take their time and conduct thorough due diligence of external candidates to ensure they find the right person to guide Cherries straight back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Cherries currently sit sixth in the Championship table, nine points off the automatic promotion spots.

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The bookmakers' favourite for the job is John Terry.

The Chelsea legend is currently serving as an assistant coach to Dean Smith at Villa. Smith has this week insisted Terry is happy at Villa, but admits his long-term desire is to be a number one.

Having previously been listed at odds-on, Terry is currently available at 6/5 with bookies Sky Bet.

Next in that list is Frank Lampard. Unlike Terry, Lampard has close to 150 games of managerial experience behind him, both in the Championship with Derby and at Chelsea, before he was dismissed last month.

Lampard has close links to the area, in particular through his uncle and former Cherries boss Harry Redknapp. He is available at 5/2.

There has been a big move in the betting in the past two days on Tony Pulis, who managed Cherries during the 1990s.

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His odds have been slashed dramatically with the 63-year-old now third favourite for the role at 4/1.

Vastly experienced Pulis is understood to live in the area and has managed more than 1,000 matches throughout his career.

The most recent of those came during a short stint at Sheffield Wednesday, which ended in December 2020.

Caretaker boss Woodgate is priced at fourth favourite 8/1 to keep the job full-time, ahead of the likes of Danny Cowley, Paul Cook and Slaven Bilic, all available at 20/1.