TONY MOWBRAY has emerged as the frontrunner to become the new manager at Rotherham United after the Championship strugglers insisted they had no interest in Robbie Neilson.

The Millers are on the hunt for their fifth manager in just 10 months following the shock resignation of Kenny Jackett, with the club 11 points adrift at the foot of the table.

Neil Redfearn, Neil Warnock, Hibs’ Scottish Cup-winning manager Alan Stubbs and Jackett have all held the position at the New York Stadium during the course of 2016 – and Mowbray could be next in line.

The 53-year-old, who was manager at Easter Road between 2004 and 2006 before earning a move to West Bromwich Albion then Celtic, has been out of work since leaving Coventry in September but is on the radar of the Rotherham chairman, Tony Stewart.

One bookmaker even slashed the price on Mowbray to 6/4 odds-on favourite following a flurry of interest.

Rotherham, meanwhile, were last night adamant that they did not attempt to hijack Robbie Neilson’s impending switch to League One side MK Dons.

Neilson, 36, was in Milton Keynes on Tuesday afternoon holding talks with their chairman Pete Winkelman when news broke that he could be in the frame for the Millers post.

However, Rotherham last night insisted the Scotsman was never a contender for the role.

“If MK Dons are in talks with Neilson, then there is no way we would jump on that,” Stewart said. “I know their chairman, Pete Winkelman, very well and we have a good relationship with them. That’s not the way we would do business. I am old-fashioned in that