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Leicester City next manager odds as clear favourite emerges after Steve Cooper sacking

Graham Potter could be a contender to take the manager's job at Leicester City
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Graham Potter is the bookies favourite for the King Power hotseat after Leicester City parted company with Steve Cooper after just 12 Premier League games in charge.

hot seatThe decision, announced on Sunday afternoon, follows the 2-1 home defeat to Enzo Maresca's Chelsea at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

The Foxes are currently in 16th place after almost a third of the way through the season, two points above the drop zone after 18th placed Crystal Palace secured a point at Aston Villa on Saturday. Leicester under Cooper beat Bournemouth and, dramatically, Southampton, but they took just a point from the four games following.

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Cooper only replaced Maresca in the summer after the Italian left for Stamford Bridge; the Welshman, formerly the Swansea City manager, had previously taken Nottingham Forest up through the Championship play-offs and had secured the first year of survival before parting company with the Reds.

Attentions for all at City now turn quickly to the hunt for their next manager. Indeed there'll be similar names which top the bookmakers' markets, which occupied those spots in the summer prior to Cooper being appointed. There remain a host of eligible candidates who the club could now look to.

Graham Potter will inevitably be linked; he remains out of work and with the England job now out of reach for the foreseeable future, Potter could look to return to club work. Also linked previously with Leicester were Carlos Corberan, who again has West Bromwich Albion directed towards a Championship top six charge, Ruud Van Nistelrooy who has recently taken interim charge of Manchester United and Lee Carsley, who has held a similar role with England.

SkyBet have published their market after Cooper's sacking was confirmed. Market correct as of 16:15 on Sunday 24th.

Next Leicester City Manager Odds

Graham Potter

5/4

David Moyes

7/4

Ruud van Nistelrooy

11/4

Mark Robins

12/1

Carlos Corberan

20/1

Lee Carsley

20/1

Edin Terzic

25/1

Gareth Southgate

25/1

Jose Mourinho

25/1

Maurizio Sarri

25/1

Michael Carrick

25/1

Carlos Cuesta

33/1

Erik ten Haag

33/1

Gerhard Struber

33/1

Liam Rosenior

33/1

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

33/1

Oscar Garcia

33/1

Rob Edwards

33/1

Will Still

33/1

Esteban Cambiasso

40/1

Gary O'Neil

40/1

Marti Cifuentes

40/1

Scott Parker

40/1

Daniel Farke

50/1

David Wagner

50/1

Kjetil Knutsen

50/1

Steve Bruce

50/1

Thomas Frank

50/1

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