Yahoo News Seven potential Leicester City managers and how they fit into club's plans
Enzo Maresca officially departed Leicester City just over a week ago but it was a deal that was in the works seven days prior to that. In short, City have had enough time to get their ducks in a row and establish who they see as contenders to be the club's next manager.
Plenty of names have been put forward, and the favourite with the bookmakers has changed regularly. But who actually is a contender, who is just a convenient name to be thrown into the mix?
Here, we run down the most prominent names in City's search for a new boss, analyse whether they would fit with what the club want, and how likely they are to be in the King Power Stadium dugout come August. You can tell us your preference in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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Graham Potter
Potter has been a favourite behind-the-scenes at City for some time, going back to when the club thought they were at risk of losing Brendan Rodgers. He rejected City’s approach immediately after being sacked by Chelsea, but after a year out of the game he may fancy returning and his reputation at the King Power Stadium has not diminished.
The style of play he brought to Brighton enhanced his reputation, and would fit nicely with how City have been playing under Maresca and the vision the club are subscribing too. He seems to be the perfect option, but it also seems that he may be holding out for a better job.
David Moyes
Out of work after being replaced at West Ham this summer, there are few managers around who have the kind of experience that Moyes has. He’s been proven to keep teams well out of trouble and he had great success in East London, winning the Europa Conference League.
He definitely knows how to make teams effective and get the most out of players. But he may be a little old-school for the direction City want to take. There's be no noise around any talks with Moyes as yet.
Steve Cooper
Given his association with Nottingham Forest, it may be a difficult sell with fans if Cooper is to come to the King Power Stadium. But he has been a success wherever he's been, and he's a developer of young talent too, given his time in the England youth set-up.
The connection he built with Forest fans helped create an atmosphere at the City Ground that elevated their home form and there should be no reason why he couldn't do the same at Leicester. In the Championship, he showed himself to be an attacking manager, and while that changed upon promotion, perhaps working at a club with a more settled squad, rather than the rotating door at Forest, could allow him to get back to his old ways.
Carlos Corberan
Very few teams caused City problems Corberan’s West Brom did at the King Power Stadium last month, with Maresca admitting his side were lucky to come away with the win. And that wasn’t a one-off.
Corberan knows his stuff and has been a success for a few years. At Huddersfield, if not for dodgy decisions in the play-off final against Nottingham Forest, they could have been promoted. At West Brom, he took them from a relegation battle to play-off contention last season, and finished fifth this term.
Like Maresca, he’s a student of Guardiola, which would help at City, but his time working under Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds gives his teams a frantic edge too. He's definitely a name on City's list, but the big issue here is that they would need to pay compensation of around £4m to get him out of the Hawthorns. That's not ideal when they're dealing with concerns over Profit and Sustainability Rules.
Oscar Garcia
Speaking in April, OH Leuven boss Garcia said: “I speak with the sporting director (Jon Rudkin) every week. He knows that my dream is to return to England one day.”
Maresca’s departure potentially opens the door for that to happen. While he’s had plenty of short-lived spells around Europe, the Spaniard has always done pretty well, and after taking over at Leuven in November, he moved them from the relegation places to their joint-highest finish of 10th. In England, he got Brighton into the Championship play-offs in his one full season. This would certainly be an easy move for City to pull off.
Ruud van Nistelrooy
A big name in the world of football as one of the best goalscorers of his generation, Van Nistelrooy turned his hand to coaching with PSV Eindhoven, stepping up from reserve team boss to the main man and finishing second in the Eredivisie and winning the Dutch Cup. But amid reports of fallouts with players and assistant coaches, he left after just a season.
Out of work for a year, the former Manchester United striker is getting his name back out there in search of a new job. But while there have been links to City, it's understood that he's not on their radar. Under King Power, City have never appointed a manager who hadn't at least coached in England.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
The newest name on the list is another former Manchester United striker who has been out of work for a while. In fact, Solskjaer has not had a job since leaving Old Trafford two-and-a-half years ago.
In retrospect, his time at Manchester United wasn't too bad, but it would perhaps concern City fans that he failed to keep Cardiff up when in charge for their Premier League relegation fight, even if it was a decade ago. It may be that Solskjaer is more suited to managing big names rather than battling at the bottom.
