Following Leicester’s relegation from the Premier League, The Foxes now have the task of choosing a permanent manager to try and guide the former Premier League champions back to England’s top division.
Per Mike McGrath of The Telegraph, former Fulham and AFC Bournemouth manager Scott Parker is named on the shortlist of targets that includes Manchester City coach Enzo Maresca, former Manchester United coach Scott McKenna and current interim head coach Dean Smith.
According to The Telegraph’s Mike McGrath, former Fulham and AFC Bournemouth manager Scott Parker is on the shortlist of candidates, which also includes Manchester City coach Enzo Maresca, former Manchester United coach Scott McKenna, and current interim head coach Dean Smith.
Who will be the future manager of Leicester City?
Despite his failure to keep Leicester in the Premier League, Smith has’some support’ from within the organization, according to McGrath.
The club has held conversations with Smith over his future after the former Aston Villa manager won two and drew three of his eight games at the King Power Stadium.
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Smith is one of several probable candidates, including former Premier League manager Scott Parker.
Other targets, according to McGrath, are Manchester City first-team head coach Maresca, who was considered by Southampton earlier this season as a potential head coach following the departure of Ralph Hasenhuttl.
If Leicester wish to talk with the 43-year-old, they will have to wait until after this weekend’s Champions League final.
McGrath mentions McKenna, the current Ipswich manager and former Manchester United assistant coach, as well as former Villa and Rangers manager Steven Gerrard as prospective possibilities to take over as Leicester manager for the forthcoming season.
Should Scott Parker take over as manager of Leicester?
Parker is unlikely to be a popular pick among Leicester fans to become manager.
Parker was fired by AFC Bournemouth at the end of August after a 9-0 loss to Liverpool, and he moved to Belgium to manage Club Brugge as a result of his failure with The Cherries.
Parker went on to manage Club Brugge after being fired by Bournemouth, but his time in Belgium was a failure.
The former West Ham and Tottenham midfielder, now 42, was fired for the second time this season in March after a 7-1 aggregate defeat to Benfica in the Champions League round of 16.
Club Brugge declared in a brief club statement: ‘In 12 games, the Briton could only win two times’ – a win rate of barely 16%.
The former England international has been without a club since his unsuccessful spell in Belgium, but the opening at Leicester could provide an opportunity for him to rebound.
No matter who becomes The Foxes’ next manager, they will have a significant rebuilding task.
On Monday night, the club confirmed the departures of Youri Tielemans, Caglar Soyuncu, Ayoze Perez, Tete, Ryan Bertrand, Nampalys Mendy, and Daniel Amartey.
Stars James Maddison and Harvey Barnes are also expected to leave the King Power Stadium this summer.
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