Former Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch has held talks with Leicester City about the possibility of filling their vacant managerial position. Leicester City sacked Brendan Rogers over the weekend and gave first-team coach roles to Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell as they look for a permanent manager.
Marsch, who was fired by Leeds early in February is the leading candidate to replace Rogers at Leicester if caretaker managers Sadler and Stowell don’t get favourable results to keep the club out of relegation, starting with the match against another relegation-threatened side Bournemouth tomorrow.
Marsch is not an upgrade over Rogers if his statistics at Leeds are anything to go by. The 49-year-old American won only 11 of the 37 matches he was in charge of at Leeds but for Leicester, anyone that has the potential of saving them from relegation right now is a good candidate for the managerial post.
Other managers on Leicester’s radar for the job are Rafa Benitez and Sam Allardyce, as reported by The Athletic. Benitez has managed a host of teams as big as Real Madrid and Liverpool to as small as Newcastle (not anymore?) and Everton so he could be fit for the job.
Allardyce’s club managerial CV is not as big as Benitez’s but his experience in managing bottom-half clubs and saving some from relegation could come in handy for this position. Big Sam most recently managed West Bromwich Albion.
All these managers are currently out of jobs and any could be appointed on either an interim basis until the end of the season or on a permanent basis.
