Leicester City are in advanced talks over making Steve Cooper their new manager, replacing Enzo Maresca after his move to Chelsea this summer.
are preparing for their Premier League return after Maresca led them to the Championship title in his only season at the King Power Stadium before moving to the Blues after they sacked Mauricio Pochettino.
Cooper moves ahead of Potter in Leicester race?
They had reportedly been in deep negotiations with former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter, whom the Foxes had been keen to appoint in the past. But according to , Cooper is the man currently in the frame.
The Welshman has been out of work since leaving Nottingham Forest last season, and there would be an element of controversy about a move to his former club s Ea…