Official announcement from Leicester City: New manager named
The Foxes made a really good decision, in my opinion, and they may be in a better position now than they were under Enzo Maresca. The former Leicester City manager’s only managerial experiences were the promotion from the 2023–24 season and a few games before he was fired in the Italian second division. He had never managed in the Premier League.
Will be interesting to see how the pair of them do in the 2024/25 season and put it this way, I would definitely put my money on Steve Cooper still being Leicester City manager way beyond Enzo Maresca’s survival time at the Chelsea circus. In advance of the 2024–2025 Premier League season, Leicester City Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Cooper as our new first team manager.
Arriving to King Power Stadium as the Club continues to get ready for our top-flight comeback after being promoted from the Sky Bet Championship last season, Steve, 44, has agreed to a three-year contract.
After leading Nottingham Forest to promotion and establishment in the top flight between 2021 and 2023, Steve went on to manage in the Premier League. His reputation as a leader and coach in the game is well-established.
“We are delighted to welcome Steve to Leicester City,” said Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, chairman of Leicester City. His goals for the team and our goals for the Club are extremely much in line with his ability to develop players and apply a dynamic style of play.
He can enhance the bond that has been created between our supporters and the team as a leader, which will be essential to us re-establishing the Club in the Premier League.
“I am really excited and proud to be appointed Leicester City’s First Team Manager,” stated Steve Cooper. This is an amazing Club with a devoted following and a long history. Working with a team this brilliant excites me, and I’m eager to take on the challenge of realizing our common goals in the Premier League.
Cooper, a Pontypridd native, played for Wrexham before becoming one of the youngest coaches in history to get a UEFA Pro License at the age of 27.
In September 2008, he resigned from his position as Head of Youth Development at Wrexham to become an academy coach at Liverpool. He eventually rose to the position of Academy Manager, leading the team’s Under-18s in the 2012–13 season.
Before being named manager of the Under-17 team the next year, he assumed leadership of England’s Under-16 team in October 2014. Before his team was named the FIFA Under-17 World Cup winners five months later, he guided them to the final of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in May 2017.
When Steve took over as head coach of Swansea City in June 2019, the team finished sixth in his first season, losing to Brentford over two legs in the play-off semifinal.
The next season, he managed to secure fourth place and led his team to the play-off final at Wembley, where they were defeated by Brentford.
Steve left South Wales in July 2021, and in September of the same year he was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest. In his first season in charge, he astonishingly guided the City Ground team from the bottom of the Championship to a fourth-place finish, which resulted in promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs.