Three dream candidates to replace Claude Puel at Leicester City
Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger doesn’t need an introduction. He is one of the greatest managers that the sport has ever seen, and Leicester would be very, very, very lucky if they land him as the next chief of the King Power Stadium. His last two or three years – which he a won an FA Cup and two Community Shields in – at Arsenal may not be too encouraging for Leicester’s owners, but they are by a billion miles not bad enough for Wenger’s success to be overlooked.
In a nutshell, Wenger can be described as the antidote to boring football. His extravagant and idealist ways, while they don’t always exhibit a sense of security, do guarantee a frisson of excitement and thrill. From a world-class DM and marauding full-backs to a prolific striker and a stylish no.10, he’ll have all the ingredients to bring back the free-flowing football from his time at Arsenal to Leicester.
Unlike Jardim and Benitez, however, Wenger isn’t the most tactically sound manager. He has his formation, he fits the right players into it and he makes them play better than many can but that’s about it. He can’t win you a tactical battle against Pep Guardiola – unless, of course, his team is playing like the Arsenal of early 2000s – and he will not even try to if found out.
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His obduracy – a word used for him too often in his latter years – could help breed similar frustration as is currently prevalent at the club, but the Professor’s greatness could just as easily outshine a familiar shortcoming to mark the start of something special. One guarantee with Wenger is that Leicester would immediately be transformed into a very entertaining team.