Former England international and pundit Carlton Palmer believes Leicester City’s next manager will not be Carlos Corberan.
The West Brom boss has been among the favourites to replace Enzo Maresca, following the Italian’s move to Chelsea, but it is still unclear who the Foxes will go for in their quest to find a replacement. And Palmer believes that the project at the Hawthorns is strong enough to hold onto Corberan, particularly in the face of potential financial issues despite City’s return to the Premier League.
Speaking exclusively to Football League World, Palmer said: “Speculation still surrounds Carlos Corberan, the West Bromwich Albion manager, which must be a concern for the West Brom supporters. There’s speculation about him taking over at Leicester.
“But there has been no concrete evidence that Carlos Corberan has had talks with Leicester City or any other club for that matter of fact.
“Carlos has been talking about the hierarchy at West Brom, and what they’ve been doing in the money that they’ve invested in upgrading the training ground and the fact that they’ve talked about the fact that they’re going to inject some money, and he’s going to be able to do some business in the transfer market.
“Obviously, this would be a great opportunity for any manager, to manage in the Premier League, but Carlos Corberan is not the only name that’s been linked with the Leicester job. Graham Potter’s name has been linked with the Leicester job.
“So it is a worry for West Brom, because of the job that Carlos Corberan had done last season. But it’s not going to be an easy job to take over at Leicester.
“I mean, obviously they’re going to get some compensation for Maresca. There’s over £10million to come in, but they’re hampered by the [financial] fair play. There’s talk of Dewsbury-Hall being sold.
“So, whilst it’s a great club, fantastic club, in the Premier League, I don’t think it’s going to be as easy as that next season at Leicester City.
“Carlos Corberan seems to be happy with the way things are moving at West Brom, and I’m quietly confident that Carlos Corberan will still be the manager of West Bromwich Albion come the start of the new season.”
