Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (51) is set to return to the Premier League.
“Leicester City have made contact with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,” the Manchester Evening News reported on Aug. 8 (KST).
After winning the Championship (England’s second division) in the 2023-2024 season and earning promotion to the Premier League after a year of relegation, Leicester City has a big problem. Enzo Maresca, who won promotion with them, left to become Chelsea manager, leaving them without an immediate manager to lead them.
Chelsea had a difficult 2023-2024 season. After a disappointing finish last season, finishing 12th in the league, 스포츠토토 Chelsea were very active in the transfer market to rebound in 2023-2024. They hired Mauricio Pochettino to lead them to the top of the table.
Things didn’t go so well. They struggled, winning just one of their first six league games, and slipped to 12th place midway through the season.
It wasn’t until the end of the season, when Cole Palmer’s goal-scoring form exploded, that Chelsea began to pick up points, eventually finishing the season in sixth place in the league with 63 points.
Pochettino appeared to extend his time at Chelsea.
Chelsea were bold. They chose to part ways with Pochettino. “Pochettino has chosen to part ways with the club by agreement,” the club said, “and on behalf of everyone at Chelsea, we would like to thank him for all his hard work this season.”
In the end, Chelsea chose Maresca to succeed Pochettino. The process was swift. On March 23, The Guardian reported that Chelsea is looking to quickly finalize the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino’s successor. “Kieran McKenna is the first choice and Enzo Maresca is the second,” the newspaper reported, and he officially joined Chelsea on March 3, about ten days later.
It was a fire under Leicester’s ass as they struggled to stay up after winning promotion. The Foxes quickly began their search for their next manager, and they contacted Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The Manchester Evening News reported, “Former Manchester United boss Solskjaer is in talks with Leicester. 카지노사이트 순위 “Leicester were quick to approach Solskjaer after Maresca’s move to Chelsea,” the Manchester Evening News reported.
“Solskjaer has been without a job since being sacked by United in November 2021 and is keen on the Leicester job,” the outlet added. / Reuters