Leicester identify potential Ruud van Nistelrooy replacement - as relegation-doomed Foxes consider summer managerial change after losing 14 of their last 15 league games

Danny Rohl is simply a imaginable people for Leicester adjacent play if Ruud van Nistelrooy leaves the nine successful the lawsuit of relegation.

Sitting 12 points adrift of information with 8 games remaining, the Foxes look destined for an contiguous instrumentality to the Championship. 

Van Nistelrooy signed a woody until June 2027 erstwhile helium replaced Steve Cooper past autumn but Leicester person declined nether the Dutchman, losing 14 of their past 15 league fixtures.

Asked astir his aboriginal past month, Van Nistelrooy said: ‘I signed a declaration for 2 much years aft this one. I was alert erstwhile I arrived what the situation was and however hard it could be. I was alert of that and committed to that future.’

But should Leicester and Van Nistelrooy portion ways astatine the extremity of the campaign, Mail Sport understands Rohl would beryllium salient successful the Foxes’ thoughts.

The German has done a good occupation astatine Sheffield Wednesday, steering the nine to information past play successful his archetypal elder relation – contempt inheriting a squad that looked definite to driblet consecutive backmost into League One erstwhile helium took over.

This term, the 35-year-old has kept the Owls good wide of the little reaches of the table, and they inactive person an extracurricular accidental of reaching the play-offs with 7 games remaining.

Rohl, who is believed to person a important compensation clause successful his contract, is known to person impressed Foxes recruitment main Martyn Glover erstwhile some were moving astatine Southampton. 

Indeed, the content Rohl made portion moving for erstwhile brag Ralph Hasenhuttl astatine Saints successful 2018-19 means helium would beryllium a contender for that relation excessively if Ivan Juric leaves astatine the extremity of the campaign.