Leicester have confirmed Marti Cifuentes as their new supervisor.
Cifuentes replaces Ruud van Nistelrooy, who left the King Energy Stadium after seven months in cost following the Foxes’ relegation to the Championship.
Cifuentes has signed a two-year deal on the King Energy Stadium, with the choice of an additional yr.
The 43-year-old was at fellow second-tier membership Queen’s Park Rangers however on the finish of June after being positioned on gardening having held talks with West Bromwich Albion over their head coach emptiness. Cifutentes was not given the job, with Ryan Mason taking on as an alternative.
Leicester have paid a £500,000 payment in compensation to QPR – with Cifuentes paying precisely half of that by foregoing a few of the wages and the signing-on payment he’s due from the Foxes. Successfully, Cifuentes is taking a pay minimize to take cost on the Midlands membership.
The Spanish head coach was completely happy to take action and supplied that to his new employers – as a result of he’s excited by the undertaking, albeit with funds very tight at Leicester, and with the prospect of a factors deduction looming over the membership for alleged PSR breaches.
Leicester are additionally prone to should promote gamers earlier than they will purchase any new recruits this summer season.
The brand new Foxes supervisor is in line take cost of the group for the behind-closed-doors pleasant towards Leicester’s sister membership, OH Leuven, on Saturday, earlier than they head to Austria on Wednesday for a pre-season coaching camp.
Leicester’s Championship season begins on August 10 with a house recreation towards Sheffield Wednesday.
Leicester’s first six video games of the season
August 10: Sheffield Wednesday (H), Championship, kick-off 4.30pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
August 13: Huddersfield (A), EFL Cup first spherical, kick-off 7.45pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
August 16: Preston (A), Championship, kick-off 3pm
August 23: Charlton (A), Championship, kick-off 12.30pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
August 29: Birmingham (H), Championship, kick-off 8pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
September 13: Oxford Utd (A), Championship, kick-off 12.30pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
