Steve Cooper has been named as the brand new Leicester supervisor, the membership have confirmed.
Cooper has penned a three-year contract on the King Energy Stadium and can lead the membership as they return to the Premier League this season.
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His first match in cost can be at house to Tottenham on Monday, August 19 – stay on talkSPORT.
Cooper’s final function was with Leicester’s east Midlands rivals, Nottingham Forest, the place he spent over two years earlier than being sacked in December final yr.
However regardless of that, the 44-year-old is eager to get began with the newly-promoted facet.
In an open letter to followers, Cooper stated: “I’m very proud to be becoming a member of a membership with a wealthy historical past, and I need to begin with to thank Khun High for the chance to handle Leicester Metropolis. I recognise I’m becoming a member of a bunch of people that love this Membership and wish the perfect for it. “I congratulate the gamers and employees on the achievements of their promotion to the Premier League. I understand how exhausting that’s. Any one who loves soccer can solely look with nice respect upon how a lot this membership has achieved in recent times. The Premier League title of 2016 and the FA Cup of 2021 have demonstrated what’s doable for a united membership. As the brand new supervisor, I don’t take that legacy calmly. My job can be to construct on these achievements and to deliver everybody alongside – gamers, employees and followers. Nice challenges lie forward however I get the sensation that Leicester thrives in these moments. I do know we can be prepared. “The work begins now on constructing in direction of a profitable Premier League season. Our goal is to as soon as once more make Leicester Metropolis a longtime Premier League membership, and one that may stay up for the long run with delight and ambition. To do this we’ve to indicate to our followers that we’re able to adapt to the brand new degree after a season within the Championship. I do know that my expertise can be priceless in serving to that evolution, with a superb group of gamers working from probably the greatest coaching grounds on the earth. “As employees and gamers, it can be crucial we play with a method that the Leicester help recognise as the perfect of their membership. The help of the followers can be basic and I’m trying ahead to assembly a lot of you over the summer time. “This membership has a definite id and attracts quite a lot of respect for what it has achieved. That has been completed by means of the dedication of the homeowners and the exhausting work of the gamers and the folks right here.
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“I take the religion the membership have positioned in me very severely and am dedicated to immersing myself in what the Membership and neighborhood stands for guaranteeing we’ve success collectively.”
Leicester have been in search of a brand new boss since Enzo Maresca opted to depart the membership for the pinnacle coach’s job at Chelsea.
The Foxes believed that they had been near appointing Graham Potter as their new supervisor after placing a verbal settlement with the previous Chelsea and Brighton boss.
Nevertheless, talks stalled and so they turned their consideration to Cooper.
They’d additionally focused West Brom boss Carlos Corberan, however would have had wanted to pay compensation to launch him from his deal at The Hawthorns.
Because of this, Cooper takes cost and can face the difficult process of stopping Leicester from a right away return again to the EFL.
