Next Leicester City Manager Betting Odds: Can Cooper keep the Foxes in the Premier League?

Leicester City’s new boss Steve Cooper will be aiming to keep his new charges in the Premier League next season

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Next Leicester City Manager Betting Odds: Can Cooper keep the Foxes the Premier League?

Update: 27.06.24

After a lengthy search, Leicester City finally found their man and appointed Steve Cooper as their new manager a few days ago, however can the 44-year-old keep the Foxes in the Premier League following their promotion at the end of 2023/24?

Flexible and pragmatic

It’s fair to say that Leicester City completely bought into the playing style of Enzo Maresca and after he left for Stamford Bridge, the East Midlands club were eager to find someone who could continue the ethos. There were two potential candidates with similar outlooks, namely Carlos Corberan and Graham Potter who have pursued a style of play similar to that of Maresca throughout their managerial careers. The third candidate had a more flexible and pragmatic approach, something which Leicester City decided was actually the best way forward for them in recognition that the challenge of keeping themselves in the Premier League at the end of next season required something a little different.

Notoriously competitive

For that reason, Steve Cooper was hired as Enzo Maresca’s replacement last week and the 44-year-old’s remit is simply to keep the Foxes in the Premier League at the end of 2024/25. This will be no easy task given that the Premier League is an extremely competitive division, however Cooper’s approach has been very much substance and less style with a desire to adapt his approach where budget constraints permit. Cooper is certainly one of the younger managers in the Premier League but his 20 years of coaching experience and willingness to change tack may be just what the Foxes need ahead of the new campaign.

Update: 11.06.24

The odds on Steve Cooper taking the reins at the King Power Stadium have drifted slightly and the former Nottingham Forest boss is joint-favourite alongside Graham Potter to take charge at the King Power Stadium.

Talks continuing

Talks between Leicester City and Steve Cooper continue with regard to the former Nottingham Forest boss taking charge at the King Power Stadium before the start of the 2024/25 Premier League campaign. The 44-year-old has been without a position since being sacked by the Tricky Trees in December 2023 and he remains at the top of the betting favourite to be appointed by the Foxes, despite his price drifting over the past few days.

Stiff competition

Indeed, Cooper has company at the top of the betting in the form of Graham Potter who has effectively ruled himself out of the vacant hot-seat at Brighton & Hove Albion. Potter will be waiting to see whether Gareth Southgate calls time on his tenure s England boss but Leicester City have identified him as their first choice target for the summer. Potter has been without a position since being dismissed by Chelsea in April 2023, having spent under seven months at Stamford Bridge.

Breach of rules

Leicester have hauled themselves back into the Premier League at the first attempt after clinching the Championship title at the end of the 2023/24 campaign, however their financial situation is far from rosy. There’s every chance that the club may be forced to offload players prior to the start of the new season after being charged by the Premier League for a breach of profitability and sustainability rules.

Next Leicester City Permanent Manager Best Odds

6/4 – Steve Cooper

6/4 – Graham Potter

5/1 – David Moyes

12/1 – Carlos Corberan

25/1 – Ruud Van Nistelrooy

33/1 – Oscar Garcia

33/1 – Rob Edwards

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Update: 04.05.24

Leicester City may well announce their new manager very soon and a surprise name has entered the hat as odds-on favourite for the vacant position at the King Power Stadium.

The bright lights

Despite enjoying an excellent first season in charge of the Foxes, Enzo Maresca was lured by the bright lights of the capital and left for Stamford Bridge to fill the void created by the departure of Mauricio Pochettino. In the weeks since, Leicester City have been linked with a large number of potential replacements but none of these have been priced at odds-on, until now that is.

Out of work

The odds on Steve Cooper taking the reins at the King Power Stadium have been slashed to as low as 10/11 by some leading football betting sites (best price 11/8) from a best price of 5/1 yesterday. Cooper’s last employment was at Nottingham Forest from whom he was dismissed in December and having been out of work since then, there would be no negotiating with any other clubs required in order to bring him to Leicester.

Next in the betting

Next in the betting to be named as next Leicester City manager is former favourite Carlos Corberan at a best price of 4/1, while former Brighton & Hove Albion boss Graham Potter is a 10/1 shot for the vacant Foxes hot-seat.

Next Leicester City Permanent Manager Best Odds

11/8 – Steve Cooper

4/1 – Carlos Corberan

10/1 – Graham Potter

12/1 – Ruud Van Nistelroy

14/1 – Oscar Garcia

20/1 – David Moyes

29.05.24

Hard act to follow

It is understood that Leicester City will be paid a compensation package worth around £10 million by Chelsea for popular manager Enzo Maresca, the Italian having now agreed terms with the Stamford Bridge outfit and set to put pen-to-paper for a five-year deal. Enzo Maresca won promotion with Leicester City at the end of his first season with the East Midlands outfit and he will certainly be a hard act to follow.

Names in the frame

Many names are in the frame to succeed Maresca at the King Power Stadium and foremost amongst these is Carlos Corberan at a best price of 4/1 (lowest odds 9/4), the West Bromwich Albion boss steering the Baggies into the Championship play-offs where they lost to winners Southampton in the semi-finals. Corberan took the reins at the Hawthorns in October 2022 and he tasted success in all-but-three of his first thirteen games in charge, lifting the West Midlands outfit from the relegation zone to ninth in the Championship table as a result. In the end, the Baggies finished in fifth position before they fell to a 3-1 aggregate defeat to the Saints in the play-off semi-final.

Second favourite

Second in the betting to be named as next Leicester City boss is Steve Cooper, the former Nottingham Forest boss apparently declining the opportunity to take charge at newly-relegated Burnley but interested in taking the reins at newly-promoted Leicester City. Cooper was dismissed by the Tricky Trees in December and having been out of work since then, he is second favourite to take the reins at the King Power Stadium at a best price of 5/1 (lowest odds 2/1).