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Leicester City Make Contact With Darren Ferguson Over Managerial Role
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Leicester City have been in contact with Darren Ferguson over their soon-to-be vacant manager role, SportsBoom can reveal.
The Foxes will be back in League One for the first time since 2009 next season, just a decade on from their famous Premier League triumph.
Current boss Gary Rowett revealed he would be leaving the club at the end of the season following their relegation from the Championship.
And former Peterborough United boss Ferguson has been contacted by the club about the possibility of taking over next season, according the sources in the Midlands.
Ferguson is a League One specialist and is deemed to be a safe pair of hands at the level.
The Scot, son of legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson, got Peterborough United promoted to the Championship on three separate occasions.
And with Leicester desperate to return to the second flight at the first time of asking, boardroom bosses are interested to have him take over.
Ferguson has been out of work since October after he was sacked by Posh, ending his third spell as manager of the club, who were bottom with just ten points from their first 13 games.
As well as Peterborough, Ferguson has also managed at Preston North End and Doncaster Rovers, who he led to League Two promotion.
Schreuder On Radar
Dick Schreuder, who boasts a winning percentage of 56.89 per cent as manager, is another name who has been linked with the role.
The 54-year-old was famously Stoke City’s first bossman signing in 1997.
Dutchman Schreuder has been well travelled since ending his career as a player.
He manage in his homeland and was briefly joint manager of Barnet.
After four years in the their tier of Dutch football, he was part of the technical staff at MLS side Philadelphia Union before becoming an assistant at both TSG Hoffenheim and Vitesse.
He returned to frontline management at PEC Zwolle and moved to Castellón in Spain and is currently in charge of NEC.
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