Steve Cooper is close to being appointed the new Leicester City head coach

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Steve Cooper is close to being appointed the new Leicester head coach.

Negotiations are in the final stages after he emerged as the preferred candidate.

He has been on a short list that also included the likes of Graham Potter.

Cooper has been out of work since being sacked by Nottingham Forest last December.

Leicester carried out a thorough process of due diligence and spoke to a number of potential candidates.

Graham Potter was one of those and was seriously considered for the position, but there were a number of issues on either side which meant that talks could not progress.

Cooper became the clear preferred candidate, and an agreement has now been reached.

Cooper is categorically not the second choice.

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