Leicester City news: Which manager’s tactic would suit the Foxes?

Tactics guru Dominic Wells looked at three of the rumored targets for Leicester City’s vacant managerial role in the latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester’s When You’re Smiling podcast.

“Corberan is a bit more pragmatic in his approach. I think Enzo Maresca is an idealistic coach, he has only one way to play and if it works then it works.

“He played mostly a 4-2-3-1 formation, which Brendan Rodgers used quite often during his time at Leicester City, but it differs from the way Enzo Maresca lines up in that 3- 2-4-1.

“Corberan has a lot of ideals that match the way Enzo wants to play. He tries to create a back three in defence, with either a defensive midfielder dropping between the centre-backs or wing-backs.

“His idea is to bait the press, like Maresca did. He wants to create these ‘artificial transitions’ where the opposition steps on you and then you can play them.”

“When Forest were first promoted Cooper tried the high press but they just didn’t have the players to do it. When they lost possession in an attacking turnover, they only played through the center of the park.

“He changed it and went to a 4-3-3 with a very narrow second line, packing the midfield, which actually had a very positive effect. But, maintaining a bit more defensive solidity, they lost all their creation.

“The data shows that Cooper struggles to find the balance between being solid defensively and creating chances in attack. He showed both extremes.

“When he settles in defensively, he’s very good at limiting the opposition and I think that’s what Leicester City need to think about next season. However, with that comes a lack of attacking drive.”

“He does what Maresca does, in terms of trying to create overloads in the build-up. He wants to have one more player than the opposition. He also wants to control the ball. PSV had the fourth most possession that season. managed in the Eredivisie.

“He did the inverted full-backs because he wanted to create big isolations for his wings, which Leicester did last season, and he also wanted to get them to play in half-space and be playmakers .

“He’s a massive advocate of letting the wings have freedom, letting them take the ball and take the mark. Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu both had excellent seasons playing this role.

“Something that really worries me about Van Nistelrooy is his approach out of possession. At PSV, he would go man-to-man but get rid of the midfield and the defensive line. They would just drop back to try and stop counter-attacks . This gave the opposition so much control over the game.”