LEICESTER CITY APPOINT CLAUDE PUEL

Image result for Claude PuelLeicester City have appointed the former Southampton coach Claude Puel as their manager following last week’s dismissal of Craig Shakespeare. He has signed a contract until June
Leicester interviewed several candidates for the position that has been held on a temporary basis for the past two matches by Michael Appleton, who will revert to his assistant’s role. Puel will be unveiled on Friday and will take charge of Sunday’s home match against Everton.
Puel was let go by Southampton in June despite leading the club to an eighth-placed finish in the Premier League and the final of the Capital One Cup. Southampton flopped in the Europa League and decent domestic results were deemed not good enough to compensate for a style of play that many supporters decried as too defensive. Several players disliked his rotation policy. Puel told French media he was let go “for a little bit more than sporting reasons”.
Puel, who has since been without a club, impressed Leicester during more than one set of talks. “Upon meeting Claude, his attention to detail, knowledge of our squad, understanding of our potential and his vision to help us realise it were extremely impressive,” Srivaddhanaprabha said. “He quickly emerged as the outstanding candidate.”
The 56-year-old has a French title among his managerial achievements, having won Ligue 1 in 2000 with Monaco, the club at which he had spent his entire playing career. He is perhaps known more as a builder of medium-sized clubs and a cultivator of young talents thanks to his six-year spell in charge of Lille, who regularly qualified for Europe by finishing above clubs with more resources. He was voted the manager of the year in France in 2005 for leading Lille to a second-place finish in Ligue 1 behind Lyon.


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