Leicester City next manager contenders, from PE teacher turned boss to a romantic third spell | OneFootball

According to LeicesterMercury.co.uk, Leicester City are hunting a new manager after Marti Cifuentes departed at the weekend, weighing safe hands against a play-off tilt.

Gary Rowett offers deep Championship know-how from 400-plus games, though recent spells at Birmingham and Oxford ended badly. Chris Coleman was sacked by OH Leuven after narrowly avoiding relegation and last managed in England in 2018 with Sunderland. Vitor Pereira saved Wolves last season, but 2 points from 10 this term prompted his exit.

Russell Martin is a free agent with a possession style and a Championship promotion, though many fans voiced opposition. Derek McInnes has Hearts top of the Scottish Premiership and seems unlikely to abandon a title push. Lee Carsley won the past two European Under-21 Championships but has not indicated he wants to leave the FA.

Ralph Hasenhuttl carries the 9-0 association yet had a respectable Southampton stint, then saved Wolfsburg and finished mid-table the following season. Alan Sheehan twice stabilised Swansea as interim, earned the job, then was dismissed after a poor start, with Vitor Matos improving results since.

Michael Skubala, once a PE teacher at Lutterworth, moved via FA and Leeds Under-21 roles to Lincoln, now in League One’s automatic places and eyeing a first second-tier return since 1961. Mark Robins, Nigel Pearson and Andy King offer contrasting appeals, from Robins’ Coventry rise and Stoke contract, to Pearson’s romantic pull after health recovery, and King’s popularity despite inexperience.

Source: LeicesterMercury.co.uk