Could Leicester City move on from Steve Cooper? (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
Steve Cooper is under pressure at Leicester City and with uncertainty surrounding the Welsh manager’s future, the Foxes have been linked with former Premier League ‘Big Six’ managers Graham Potter and David Moyes.
The board at the King Power Stadium are believed to be growing impatient with Leicester’s current situation, with the Premier League side sitting 15th in the table after winning just two of their opening 11 games.
The Foxes have also been knocked out of the EFL Cup after suffering a hammering at the hands of Man United.
Leicester have not won any of their last four games, but that followed a run of Premier League victories. Cooper is doing the job he is expected to do at the moment as the former Nottingham Forest manager did not see many talented players arrive at the club in the summer.
Keeping up is the aim for the 2016 Premier League champions and so far Cooper is on course to achieve that.
Former ‘Big Six’ Premier League managers linked to Steve Cooper’s Leicester City job
With Cooper’s future in doubt, Football Insider reports that Graham Potter and Davies Moyes would be interested in taking over at Leicester.
Moyes has been out of work since leaving West Ham at the end of last season, while Potter has spent more than a year out of the game since being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023. Both have I was waiting for the right project to come along and the role at the King Power Stadium is reported to be of interest to both British managers.
Foxes fans are likely to be more excited about links with Potter as the former Chelsea manager’s style of play is more appealing, but the success Moyes had in the West cannot be overlooked Ham, especially given the current struggles of the Hammers.
