I don't have any inside info, and these aren't formal recommendations
I have small amounts on two managers to be next Leicester manager
The owners of LCFC are Thai billionaires. Status, PR and perception are very important to them particularly back home.
They want, according to every indication from the local beat, a big name to be the next manager. These are the people that paid Sven a fortune to manage us in the Championship. Sven attracted players, attracted PR but didn't know the division well enough
This desire for a trophy appointment has led them on a pursuit of Hiddink but Hiddink is 68 and is said to lack the appetite for club management. Frankly we're not big enough for him either
Lennon is said to want the job very much, and of course has Leicester connections. He's not a trophy appointment though under their terms but is probably the appointment that most fans would like
O'Neill has always said he wouldn't come back and spoil the legacy of what he achieved first time round
Klopp was backed in yesterday but I am sure he could do better
Steve Cotterill is in the top 5 of the betting. Fan reaction was negative, which isn't a surprise. Cotterill was assistant to Micky Adams when we were up in the top flight in 2003-4. The current director of football and director of football ops were at the club then and are said to regard him highly. How would they persuade these owners though?
So thats the top 5 in the betting. Two global names the owners would like but would be difficult to attract. Two domestic names that you'd have to sell the owners on and a former manager who doesn't want it
It's wide open
the two names under the radar a bit that might fit in terms of name and profile and might be interested
1 Di Matteo. Still has a house in Leamington (from WBA time) left Schalke end of last season, champions league and premier league experience
2 Ranieri. "So far I have not had any contact from Leicester* but if they were to call me then I would be ready to listen to what they had to say," sacked by Greece last autumn, masses of experience in serie a, la liga and the PL
either i think could attract players to the club, neither are such big names that would turn us down, i don't think. They are big enough names to have an international profile that apparently is required
20-1 around about either
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/leicester/next-permanent-managerthen there is this man
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He spent last year as first team coach and getting his badges. He is highly regarded for the work he did with Vardy and Ulloa. He took training yesterday on the squad's first day back in pre-season. Whereas Pearson's assistants Shakespeare and Walsh would presumably follow NP to wherever he goes next and have done previously, Phillips is not part of that package
of course he doesn't have the experience, of course he doesn't have the bling manager profile required, but he'd be a continuity appointment if it came to it
He's 33-1
* this is not surprising as, contrary to expectations, this is a manager search from scratch. there was no one lined up and the decision was quite sudden
thoughts welcome
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