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The latest Leicester City manager state of play with nearly three days gone since the club made the decision to sack Steve Cooper after just 12 Premier League games

Leicester City’s manager hunt is nearing the 72-hour mark and there is still no concrete frontrunner to be Steve Cooper’s successor, with time ticking to make an appointment before Saturday’s fixture at Brentford.

Expected contenders Graham Potter and David Moyes are very unlikely to be the next man in charge at the King Power Stadium. It would be a surprise had they not been considered, especially Potter, who City have twice tried to appoint and who came close to the job in the summer.

With Potter and Moyes out of contention, Ruud van Nistelrooy has become the odds-on bookmakers’ favourite, the Dutchman keen to get back into management over a year since he left PSV, and a couple of weeks after his spell as interim Manchester United boss came to an end.

In the summer, van Nistelrooy was not under consideration by City, but he does now have a modicum of Premier League experience, having spent time on Erik ten Hag’s staff at Old Trafford prior to his interim stint. But the former striker does not have the level of senior management experience of the likes of Potter and Moyes have, with just one season at PSV under his belt.

With City desperate to remain in the Premier League and to avoid the damage another relegation would cause, it would be a gamble. However, he would be cheaper to recruit, without no compensation fee required, and that may be a factor in City’s decision.

That would not be true for West Brom’s Carlos Corberan. A contender in the summer, the Spaniard addressed links to the City job on Tuesday night.