Leicester Metropolis have introduced Steve Cooper as their new supervisor following Enzo Maresca’s transfer to Chelsea.
Cooper, who left Nottingham Forest in December 2023, has signed a three-year contract with the Foxes forward of their return to the Premier League.
Maresca left the membership earlier this month after only one season in cost, having led Leicester again to the top-flight on the first try, ending prime of the Championship.
“I’m actually excited and proud to be appointed Leicester Metropolis’s First Workforce Supervisor,” Cooper stated. “It is a improbable membership with a wealthy historical past and passionate supporters.
“I’m excited to work with such a gifted squad and I’m trying ahead to the problem of reaching our shared ambitions within the Premier League.”
In an open letter to the followers, he added: “Any one who loves soccer can solely look with nice respect upon how a lot this membership has achieved lately.
Leicester Metropolis Soccer Membership can affirm the appointment of Steve Cooper as our new First Workforce Supervisor
— Leicester Metropolis (@LCFC) June 20, 2024
“The Premier League title of 2016 and the FA Cup of 2021 have demonstrated what’s potential for a united membership. As the brand new supervisor, I don’t take that legacy flippantly.
“My job will probably be to construct on these achievements and to carry everybody alongside – gamers, employees and followers. Nice challenges lie forward, however I get the sensation that Leicester thrives in these moments. I do know we will probably be prepared.”
After taking up in September 2021, Cooper saved Forest from relegation within the Championship and led them to promotion to the Premier League in his first season in cost earlier than guaranteeing top-flight security the next 12 months.
Nevertheless, he left the membership in December with the membership sitting in seventeenth after a run of only one win in 13 matches.
The Welshman has additionally beforehand been answerable for England Beneath-16s and Beneath-17s, profitable the World Cup with the latter in 2017, and likewise spent two years at Swansea Metropolis.
Cooper’s first aggressive recreation in cost will probably be at dwelling to Tottenham on August 19.
