Leicester City have been handed a potential boost in their pursuit of a Brendan Rodgers replacement with the Premier League-linked Adi Hutter not on his way to Bundesliga strugglers Stuttgart.
Rodgers’ four-year reign at the King Power Stadium came to an end on Sunday; sacked following a last-gasp defeat to relegation rivals Crystal Palace earlier in the weekend.
But have Leicester left it too late to really benefit from a change in the dugout? The timing of Rodgers’ departure will certainly spark debate, coming as it did after the international break, thus denying the Northern Irishman’s successor time to get his feet under the table.
And would the likes of Adi Hutter really risk taking over a team stuck in the relegation zone with less than two months of the season remaining? As Leeds United and Southampton discovered, managerial targets do not tend to line up to take on a job fraught with risk.
Graham Potter, talkSPORT say, has already rejected the chance to take over from Rodgers. The former Brighton boss is taking a sabbatical after that dismal, seven-month Chelsea stint.
Hutter, however, does admit that a Premier League appointment is his ‘big goal’. The former Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Monchengladbach coach has been out of work since the summer of 2022.
Will Leicester City replace Brendan Rodgers with Adi Hutter?
He was a target for Stuttgart (Kicker). The Bundesliga’s bottom club have now hired ex-Hoffenheim coach Sebastian Hoeness instead, however, meaning Hutter is still very much on the market.
Whether Leicester opt to step up their own interest remains to be seen. BILD say that Hutter, who won domestic titles with Red Bull Salzburg and BSC Young Boys before guiding Eintracht Frankfurt to the 2019 Europa League semi-finals, is one of the leading candidates to take over from Rodgers.
“My big goal is the Premier League. (My agent and I) are working on that,” Hutter tells Kicker. “There may be one or another option.
“There were several interesting inquiries last year, including from the Premier League. But that would have come too soon.”
“(The Premkier League is) the most interesting league in the world. I could develop further there. “There is no boring football there, it goes up and down.
“It’s hard to beat the top teams. But teams like Everton or Bournemouth are always going forward (playing attacking football). It’s not about having possession all the time.
“So I think my idea of football is very good in this league could fit. Especially since there are many fast players there.”
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