Euro 2024: Who are the bookies’ favourites?

Euro 2024 has kicked off! But who are the bookies' favourites to win the tournament? All odds via SkyBet.

On paper, the Danes look like a solid team, with players like Joachim Andersen, Andreas Christensen, Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojlund, however, as coach Kasper Hjulmand said during their qualifying run, “the quality of our play was simply not good enough,” so who knows what they might look like come tournament time!

This may be Croatia great Luke Modric’s last major tournament for his country (although, don’t count out the 2026 World Cup just yet), giving the Real Madrid man a chance to go down a legend if he and his team were to overcome 33/1 odds. Per The Guardian, Croatia has never won a knockout game at a European championship before, making it even more difficult.

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“If De Bruyne plays well, the whole team plays well.” Those are the words of Belgium's coach Domenico Tedesco which is perhaps a slightly blunt way to describe your own team, but when has KDB played badly?

These odds may look a little different when you’re reading this, with both Frenkie De Jong and Teun Koopmeiners possibly missing the whole tournament. De Jong has been confirmed out by the BBC, whilst the Dutch squad is still waiting on confirmation that Koopmeiners will be fit to play, per Football Italia. A tough break for a squad lacking star quality.

It is perhaps rare to see the defending champs so low on a list such as this, but as Mina Rzouki writes for BBC Sport, this Italian team is, “Void of world-class players and a true identity”. However, you can never count out the Azzurri, who know how to win the big games.

Gone are the days of Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, etc etc, this is a Spanish squad comprised of many good players, with a few great ones, rather than the reverse. He may become the second-coming of Messi himself, but Lamine Yamal is still only 16, making the pressure of being so heavily relied on almost impossible to overcome.

Some possible defensive frailties aside, it’s difficult to find many weaknesses in this Portuguese squad. The debates around Cristiano Ronaldo’s involvement continues, with Sky Sports analyst Paul Merson the latest to wade in and suggest CR7 shouldn’t start. If the team is able to avoid these outside distractions (and overcome Roberto Martinez’s coaching) they have a real chance.

As Gary Lineker once said, “Football is a simple game - 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” That hasn’t been true for a few years now, with three coaches in three years destabilising the squad. Still, with players like Musiala, Wirtz, Sane, Gundogan, and Kimmich in their side, they can beat anyone on their day.

Coming off a heart-breaking World Cup Final loss, and an awful performance at Euro 2020 (lost to Switzerland in the round-of-16) France will be looking for revenge in 2024. Their quality is undoubted, but, as Luke Entwistle writes for The Guardian, “the manager has failed to settle on a centre-back partnership,” which could well cause some issues.

England is not used to being favourites in anything. It’s a nation of self-deprecation, not front-running, so we imagine almost every England fan will be desperately hoping for an early loss to knock them out of their hopeful bliss (delusion?) This is another squad loaded with talent, but can they escape the Spursy-ness of their captain?

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