Amid plenty of calls for Leicester City to shoot for the moon as they search for a new manager, a more realistic name has emerged as an early frontrunner.
Craig Shakespeare, the man rumored to have engineered the downfall of Claudio Ranieri at Leicester City to take the reigns himself, was canned after just 26 games in charge. That has left a managerial opening at a club that to this point nobody can quite figure out how attractive a position it truly is.
There are calls for a run at top managerial names without a job, such as Carlo Ancelotti and Laurent Blanc, but instead the choice could come from within the current Premier League ranks.
Journeyman Sam Allardyce has ruled himself out of the running, saying on Talksport,ย โAs big a club and as much as I would love to manage Leicester I donโt think it is time for me to manage yet. Iโm not ready I donโt think. Having been in the game so long and done it so long, and looking at how I felt at the end of last season, I feel I am enjoying my life too much. Yes, it would have interested me and yes, I would take the Leicester job, but not at this time.โ
Those quotes should also do much to quell rumors of a USMNT stint for Allardyce as well.
Next in line for the Leicester opening is Burnley boss Sean Dyche, who according to the Daily Mail is โinterestedโ in the position, whatever that means. However, the catch is that due to his current post at Turf Moor, the Foxes would owe Burnley $3.4 million should he break his contract and move positions, a number which comes along with Dycheโs new Burnley contract signed this past summer.
Other names mentioned include the likes of former Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel, Huddersfield Townโs David Wagner, and Wales boss Chris Coleman. Tuchel would be a stretch with the German likely looking for a bigger name, while Wagner would be tough to pry from Huddersfield after their solid start to the Premier League season plus likely competition from the United States national team. Coleman seems the most likely of the bunch, with his time in charge of Wales proving rocky in the recent past, especially as they narrowly missed out on World Cup qualification.
