Bet365 won't be offering odds on Stoke City's manager search.

The Daily Star says the chairman of the Staffordshire-based bookies is Peter Coates, who is also chairman of Stoke and the man in charge of replacing Tony Pulis. bet365 are Stoke's shirt sponsors too.

They may offer prices for Stoke games but bet365 will not be following other bookmakers' lead in listing prices for the next boss.