Championship strugglers Leicester Metropolis have confirmed former participant Gary Rowett as their new supervisor till the tip of the season.
BBC Radio Leicester reported earlier that the 51-year-old, who was sacked as Oxford boss two months in the past, took coaching on the Foxes on Wednesday.
Rowett replaces Marti Cifuentes, who was sacked three weeks in the past and his first sport in cost can be at Stoke Metropolis on Saturday.
Leicester are third from backside within the Championship, two factors adrift of the security line with 14 video games left.
“I am actually proud to be the brand new Leicester Metropolis supervisor and to have the chance to work with and lead a very proficient group over the approaching months,” Rowett instructed the membership web site., exterior
“It’s totally clear to us all what must be achieved between now and the tip of the season and the work begins instantly.
“I am trying ahead to constructing connections with the gamers, with the employees on the membership and with the followers – all of which can be very important to serving to us safe the outcomes we want.”
Rowett, who had two years as a Leicester participant after becoming a member of from Birmingham Metropolis in 2000, has beforehand managed 5 golf equipment within the Championship.
He took cost of Birmingham, Derby County, Stoke, Millwall and most not too long ago Oxford, the place he had virtually a 12 months in cost earlier than his dismissal in December 2025.
Rowett’s former Foxes defensive team-mate Callum Davidson can be his assistant.
