Leicester na kusa da nada Russell Martin a matsayin sabon manajan su, inda tsohon mai tsaron baya na Scotland, wanda yake da shekaru 40, ke shirye-shiryen dawo da gudanar da ƙungiya a karon farko tun da Rangers suka kore shi a watan Oktoba.

Foxes sun riga sun gano Martin a matsayin burin su a lokacin rani da ya gabata kafin ya zaɓi shiga Rangers a ƙarshe. Leicester sai suka juya zuwa ga Marti Cifuentes, wanda shi ma aka kore shi a watan Janairu bayan watanni shida kawai a kan mulki.

Ƙungiya a cikin faduwa

A karkashin manajan rikon kwarya Gary Rowett, Leicester sun sha faduwa biyu a jere, sun sauka zuwa League One bayan sun sauka daga Premier League a kakar 2024-25. Wahalar da ƙungiyar ke ciki ta ƙaru sakamakon an hana su maki shida saboda karya dokokin kudi na English Football League.

Zaman Martin a Rangers ya daɗe ne kawai wasa 17 — an kore shi a daidai lokacin da ƙungiyar take ta takwas a cikin Scottish Premiership — kodayake an bayyana cewa ƙungiyoyi da dama sun nuna sha'awa a gare shi a wannan lokacin rani.

Tarihin gudanarwa na Martin

Tsohon mai tsaron baya ya gina sunansa a kan teburin gudanarwa a MK Dons da Swansea kafin babbar nasararsa ta zo a Southampton, inda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar zuwa Premier League ta hanyar lashe play-offs na Championship a 2023-24.

Idan an tabbatar da nadar, Martin zai zama manajan Leicester na bakwai a cikin kaɗan fiye da shekaru uku — lokaci na tashin hankali da ya fara da tafiyar Brendan Rogers a watan Afrilu 2023.