Apparent transfer expert and football insider Alan Nixon has made a bold and potentially polarising claim for the Blue Army to digest. Most fans likely already know that Gary Rowett, in spite of throwing his hat into the ring as a long-term candidate for the Leicester City job, is unlikely to be chosen to continue by the floundering King Power ownership.
Rowett also believes City won't be short of interested managers applying, either. There may well be quantity, Gary, but your optimism might not stretch to tangible quality, much like yourself!
This means the Foxes board must appoint the right man this time; they got it wrong so many times in succession over recent years. Now is the time for an actual progress project.
Dick Schreuder to Leicester City?
However, few LCFC supporters will surely have heard of the Dutchman whom Nixon's assertion concerns. The individual in question is Dick Schreuder, a supposed tactical maverick who orchestrated a revolution at Castellón.
Formerly the architect of PEC Zwolle’s ascendancy, Schreuder has garnered a reputation for a high-octane, possession-heavy footballing modus operandi that prioritises suffocating verticality and relentless offensive pressure at NEC Nijmegen.
"Nixon's aforementioned report claims that the under-fire Foxes hierarchy are wanting to hold talks with Schreuder over the possibility of leading their first season at League One level since 2009"FLW
The 54-year-old's philosophy is one of structural bravery, often deploying unconventional systems that demand intellectual fluidity from his squad. A structured style but with Klopp undertones.
Having secured promotion with Zwolle and subsequently dominated the Spanish third-tier with record-breaking efficiency. His pedigree is defined by an uncanny ability to overperform relative to resource allocation; the Castellon-LCFC comparison is immense in that respect.
While the Foxes navigate a precarious financial tightrope, Schreuder's appointment arguably represent a shrewd pivot, albeit a gamble. He is a tactician and developer of talent rather than a collector of expensive assets - ideal on Filbert Way.
This move possibly offers a blueprint for sustainability that aligns with the current LE2 austerity. Whether the Foxes hierarchy possesses the requisite fortitude to entrust their revival to such an enigmatic continental visionary remains to be seen. Nevertheless, Schreuder appears to offers the tactical sophistication that has long been absent at the King Power.
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