News are that NEC Nijmegen boss Dick Schreuder has turned down Leicester to continue his future at his current club, as they have reached Champions League qualification. Schreuder guided his team to a 3rd place finish in the Dutch Eresdivisie and has a desire to continue his project, going into Europe next season.
Leicester still sees itself as an attractive club, even though they will play in the third tier of English football next season. Another foreign coach with a good reputation is Karel Geraerts, who has been mentioned as someone Leicester has approached. He is open to new challenges, but moving to the lower leagues of English football seems like a strange choice.
Marti Cifuentes, who left Leicester in January, is said to be open for a return. Gary Rowett, is still the manager, but no one believe he will be seen at Leicester next season. He has also expressed interest in the position long term. Both are linked with other vacant manager positions, so we will wait and see.
In a recent update, the name Jacob Neestrup appeared as a possible candidate. He left FC Copenhagen earlier this season, and his reputation suffered overshadowing previous positive work at the club.
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Looking at the bookies lists of odds, you have the same ranking order as it has been the last couple of weeks, having Darren Ferguson (Huddersfield) as the favourite, listing Russell Martin (Watford) and Chris Davies (remain at Birmingham) as the other hot favourites. These three are now linked with other jobs, pointing the finger at Christian Fuchs is fourth in this list. Seen by many as the logical one and approachable. Still not much of a long career as manager, but still his first months in charge at Newport County, saving them from relegation, is a huge positive.
To see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Scott Parker on this list is encouraging. Both are said to have been interviewed for this position in the past and are out of a job. OGS is a fairystory himself taking the step from Norwegian third tier football and into Premier League action in just two seasons, is a remarkable story, almost the same as JV9 in a sence.
OGS and his partner at Besiktas, Erling Moe, currently the manager at Kayserispor, are an experienced duo that knows the life of football and have seen great success in the past. Moe (55) has a long and very impressive career in Norwegian football, with Molde, being in and out as their head coach, between Ole Gunnar Solskjaers periods at the club, taking over and leading them in a fashion that made them the best club in Norway for a number of seasons. Moe did not manage to save Kayserispor from relegation and looks likely to leave them after the season, but is contracted to out 2027.
Chris Davies, by many seen as the ideal candidate, being the assistant manager at Leicester in a previous period under Brendan Rodgers. He is currently with Birmingham, rumoured to be leaving them in the summer, but so far no news in that direction. There are no signals yet from the club that he is to be shown the door, so hardly anything to listen to, Leicester not able to wait for a man to be sacked before taking him in.
Russell Martin previously worked with MK Dons. He is currently available and is rumored to be the new manager at Watford. Although he has faced challenges in his career, including tough periods with Southampton in the Premier League and Rangers in Scotland, he might still be a strong candidate for this position. We’ll have to wait and see what happens.
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