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Leicester City have been handed a boost in their bid to land their number one managerial candidate, but there is still uncertainty around an appointment.
With manager Enzo Maresca departing the club to takeover the vacant Chelsea job last week it has left Leicester City in a difficult position ahead of their return to the Premier League.
The Foxes had placed a lot of trust in Maresca given he had only had one senior manager role previously and it was repaid as they won the Championship with 97 points.
However, the jubilation of promotion quickly turned to panic as Maresca departed, with the club managerless just weeks before pre-season is set to commence.
An extensive search has taken place for Maresca’s replacement, with Carlos Corberan, Steve Cooper and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer just some of the names mentioned.
It seems the club have chosen Graham Potter as their favourite, though, and the former Chelsea manager is said to have been ‘impressed’ by two things during talks.
Graham Potter ‘impressed’ amid Leicester City talks
Potter has been out of work since being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023 after just seven months in the job.
Up until that point, the 49-year-old’s managerial career had been a resounding success as he climbed the ranks from Osterstunds in Sweden to Swansea City and then to Brighton prior to being made Todd Boehly’s first managerial appointment at Chelsea.
The Stamford Bridge job is far from easy currently, as Maresca could be about to find out, and Mauricio Pochettino leaving the club after just one season is evidence that Potter may have had an impossible job at Chelsea.
