Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric hopes to appoint an "experienced manager" as successor to the sacked Paulo Sousa within the next 48 hours. The Foxes dismissed Sousa this morning following the club's poor start to the season, just three days after Mandaric appeared to have given the 40-year-old Portuguese his backing. But Leicester, currently bottom of the npower Championship with one win from their first nine league games, are now searching for their ninth manager since Mandaric completed his takeover of the club in 2007, with former boss Martin O'Neill and Sven Goran Eriksson both linked to the vacancy. Mandaric sold the Foxes in August to Vichai Raksriaksorn, the Thai millionaire behind Asian Football Investments, but has stayed on as interim chairman. He told Press Association Sport: "It's important we bring in an experienced manager and it's important we complete the process quickly. "We have a short-list of three candidates, all experienced managers, and we have to move quickly after these unfortunate events. We must do it quickly to satisfy the needs of the team and the supporters' expectations, within the next 48 hours."
Source: PA
Source: PA