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Major positives seen in the last couple of games under Andy King, being unlucky and having injuries and suspensions to deal with. A good transfer window, bringing in experience in Lascelles and Aribo, also having young talent from Man City (Mukasa) and Chelsea (Richards) coming in.

Callum Davidson has also joined the club as an assistant to Gary Rowett. A new Technical Director will soon be confirmed, believed to be James McCarron. McCarron is a scoop and one with a life in environments that will be very important for this job at Leicester.

Khun Top looks to have the focus needed to get this ship back to shore as it has looked a bit difficult earlier on, both for his core company King Power and his beloved football club Leicester City.

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Describing Gary Rowett as the ideal appointment and seeing this happening 18 days later is not a shock, but of course a bit strange. To see the one we believed was the most obvious candidate to bring in, actually getting the job after a long list of people being thrown in, is a bit special.

The problem in this is the recruitment process. Gary Rowett were also seen as one considered at Blackburn, but they went for another short term recruitment in Michael O’Neill. Not surprisingly Leicester again are back recruiting people from the agency Wassermann.

We have seen different candidates turning up in the bookies lists. To see Enzo Maresca, Sean Dyche and Ralph Hassenhutl linked with this position, also having Gareth Southgate and Steven Gerrard in the running, shows that this has not gone as planned.

Gary Rowett was a clear and obvious candidate for this job. His previous connection to the club. His stature as a manager, the fact that he was free, and not attached to a club at this time, made him an easy catch. Why Leicester again used so long time to find him, is of course something to address.

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Gary Rowett made his last appearance for Leicester in an away game in the Premier League vs. Fulham on the 27th of April 2002. He was booked and the clash ended in a 0-0 draw. Leicester were relegated after the season. Gary Rowett left and joined Charlton to continue his career at the highest level.

During his career he represented Everton, Derby, Birmingham, Leicester and Charlton among his clubs. He had a career lasting 16 years. Eight season in Premier League.

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