Steve Cooper, the head coach of Nottingham Forest, is giving a thumbs-up to the supporters during the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur at the City Ground in Nottingham, on December 15, 2023. (Photo by MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness has insisted Leicester City should not appoint ex-Chelsea boss Graham Potter this summer.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – claimed the Foxes will need a “scrapper and a fighter”, with ex-Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper better suited to the role.
Football Insider revealed on Monday (10 June) that Leicester have made Potter and Cooper the top choices for their managerial vacancy.
It is believed the Foxes were upset by the departure of Enzo Maresca, who left the club for Chelsea earlier this month.
Sources say Potter, who was last in work at Chelsea in the 2022-23 campaign, is the preferred candidate to succeed Maresca.
Leicester are set to be hit with a points deduction and will be limited in the transfer market this summer after breaching financial rules last season.
Leicester told to appoint ‘scrapper’ Cooper to replace Maresca
Wyness claimed Cooper would be the right appointment as he is “familiar with hand-to-hand combat”.
He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “I see Graham Potter linked heavily, but I don’t know if that would be the right appointment.
