Next Leicester City Manager: Ex Millwall boss 'on brink' of King Power Stadium appointment

Former Millwall amd Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett is ‘on the brink’ of being appointed as new Leicester City boss and making a quick return to the dugout in the Championship.

The Foxes have been on the lookout for a new manager after sacking Marti Cifuentes at the end of January. The 43-year-old was given his marching orders after just six months in charge, having left QPR to take up the position at the King Power Stadium last summer.

talkSPORT reports that Leicester City are now ‘braced’ to hire Rowett as their new manager. The ex Lions head coach will be tasked with taking the side away from the relegation zone in the second tier.

Since sacking Cifuentes, the Midlands outfit have been deducted six points and now sit 22nd in the division, two points adrift of safety. The Foxes have lost all of their last five matches and are without a win in the Championship since January 5.

Gary Rowett set for Leicester City job

Rowett is available to work after being sacked by Oxford United in December. The manager played for Leicester City during his career with 57 appearances for the Foxes between 2000 and 2002.

Rowett spent four years in charge at Millwall, managing 196 matches, the most he has overseen at any club. The head coach won 76 of those outings before leaving the club by mutual consent in October 2023. At the time, he explained: “I have thoroughly enjoyed being manager of Millwall and depart with a feeling that the club has progressed during my tenure. As is sometimes the case in football, the time just feels right to part ways.”

The manager was asked about his thoughts on the vacant Leicester City job last week and told Sky Sports: “I think they'll make a change as well, managerial-wise. I think they'll be really ambitious with their next appointment.

"If they are in the top six, I think it's a very different appeal to the job. But when you look at their training ground, when you look at the size of the club, I think there'll be a hell of a lot of managers who'll be looking at that job thinking, ‘I can get them out of trouble’.

“Then it's what's next for that opportunity and I don't think there are many jobs that come around like that in the Championship. That's why I'm saying I think there'll be a really ambitious appointment for the next one and I'd expect them to make that quite soon.”

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