Leicester Appoint Former Qpr Manager Martí Cifuentes On Three-year Contract

Leicester person confirmed nan assignment of Martí Cifuentes to capable nan vacancy near by Ruud van Nistelrooy aft relegation from nan Premier League past season.

The Spaniard, 43, near QPR past period having been placed connected farming time off successful April astatine nan tail extremity of a Championship run that resulted successful a 15th-placed decorativeness successful nan 24-club division. Rangers vanished 7 points supra nan relegation places and Cifuentes near by communal consent past month.

The Foxes, who besides said to nan erstwhile Bournemouth and Wolves caput coach Gary O’Neil and nan erstwhile Sheffield United head Chris Wilder, said successful a connection that they opted for Cifuentes because of his “modern, progressive footballing philosophy”. The club’s level are understood to spot shades of their erstwhile head Enzo Maresca, who oversaw promotion to nan Premier League earlier leaving for Chelsea, successful Cifuentes.

Leicester vanished third-bottom successful England’s apical tier past play pinch 25 points from 38 matches, and a extremity different of minus-47, nan second-worst successful nan Premier League.

Cifuentes, who has a three-year contract, told nan club’s website: “It’s a awesome honour to beryllium appointed Leicester City manager. This is simply a awesome nine pinch a proud history and it’s a privilege to maine to beryllium asked to thief constitute nan adjacent chapter. I’m looking guardant to getting to cognize nan players, arsenic good arsenic connecting pinch our supporters and nan metropolis successful nan weeks and months ahead. I tin spot nan passion that exists here, and I’m excited to statesman this travel together.”

Leicester’s chair, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, said: “His energy, ambition and clarity of ideas stood retired passim nan recruitment process. We felt powerfully that bringing him to nan nine would thief america to create nan occurrence we each want successful nan years ahead. Martí is an fantabulous fresh – his individual and coaching qualities will beryllium captious to building an personality our fans will beryllium capable to spot reflected successful their squad connected nan pitch.”