Marti Cifuentes is poised to be sacked by Leicester. (Picture by George Wooden/Getty Pictures)
Leicester have had a dismal return to the Championship to date, as they sit sixteenth within the desk after 18 matches performed. The Foxes, who’re marking the tenth anniversary of their historic Premier League title win, are solely 5 factors off the play-offs, however proper now, that seems like a great distance away.
Marti Cifuentes was tasked to steer Leicester again to the Premier League following their relegation final season, however to date, he has fallen approach wanting expectations. Because of this, he’s believed to be on the verge of being sacked – and if he had been to go, he’d change into the third supervisor in simply over a yr to be dismissed on the King Energy Stadium.
Leicester have already began their seek for a brand new supervisor regardless of Cifuentes nonetheless being in cost, they usually appeared to have settled on a favoured candidate: Michael Carrick.
Leicester line up Michael Carrick to interchange Marti Cifuentes
As per talkSPORT (through Foxes of Leicester), Carrick is the favorite to take over as Leicester supervisor within the case of Cifuentes being relieved of his duties. The previous Middlesbrough head coach, who was just lately linked with the Wolves job previous to Rob Edwards being appointed, is out of labor, so he could be prepared to start out as quickly as doable, which might be a beautiful prospect for the membership’s hierarchy.
Is Michael Carrick the person to avoid wasting Leicester’s season?
Carrick had a formidable file at Middlesbrough earlier than being sacked in June. He gained 46% of his matches accountable for the Teesside membership, so he could be a really succesful candidate for Leicester to nominate, given the credentials he has proven within the Championship over the past 2-3 years. For now, he stays a mere candidate, with Cifuentes nonetheless on the helm.
