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Leicester City have reached an agreement with Steve Cooper to become the club’s new head coach.

Leicester carried out a thorough process of due diligence and spoke to a number of potential candidates.

Former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter was one of those and was seriously considered for the position at the King Power, but there were a number of issues on either side which meant that talks could not progress.

Cooper, 44, became the Foxes’ clear preferred candidate and is categorically not their second choice to take over from Enzo Maresca, who guided the club back to promotion to the Premier League at the first time of asking last season, before recently taking over at Chelsea.

Potter, meanwhile, remains keen to get back into management and it is likely he will be considered for the England manager’s job – along with a host of other names – if Gareth Southgate decides to leave after the Euros.

Cooper has been out of work since being sacked by Nottingham Forest last December, who he was in charge of for just over two years. The club were in 17th place in the table after a run of just one win in 13 matches when he left the City Ground.

The Welshman has previously been in charge of the England U16 and U17 international sides, winning the World Cup with the latter in 2017, before managing Championship side Swansea City from 2019-2021.

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