Leicester returns to the Premier League but with a new coach. Enzo Maresca couldn’t refuse Chelsea’s offer to move to Stamford Bridge, so Leicester responded by signing a deal with Steve Cooper. The Foxes signed a three-season contract with the 44-year-old strategist, expecting that he will achieve similar results at King Power Stadium as he did with Nottingham Forest. Although he was dismissed in December, he previously brought them to the Premier League after 23 years in lower divisions and then kept them there in their return season.Leicester City Football Club can confirm the appointment of Steve Cooper as our new First Team Manager 🔵— Leicester City (@LCFC) June 20, 2024 Earlier, Cooper also managed Swansea in the Championship, but he made a name for himself in English football by working with young players. First at Liverpool, where he oversaw the careers of Raheem Sterling and Trent Alexander-Arnold, among others, and later with the English youth teams, where he led future stars such as Phil Foden, Jadon Sancho, Marc Guehi, Callum Hudson-Odoi… With that generation, he won the U17 World Cup title in 2017. Now he is heading to Leicester, a club that won the Premier League in the 2015/2016 season, then fell apart, but under Maresca played attractive football and appeared authoritative.The Stamford Bridge illogicality continues: Chelsea give up a talented left backHowever, 97 points in the second league, which Leicester had last season, does not guarantee a successful season in the top tier. A good example is Burnley, which had a triple-digit point tally but experienced a complete fiasco a year later. Following such an example, the club from King Power Stadium will surely do everything in their power to stay up next year. However, it is questionable whether everything will depend on the 44-year-old strategist’s squad. Leicester is threatened with a points deduction due to violations related to failing to submit financial reports. If it is proven that the club broke the rules, they will face a penalty of a points deduction and a ban on trading in the market.##NAJAVA_MECA_8168041##
