The good times have been back in Leicester over the past couple of seasons following years of disappointment. All looked lost at City a few years ago when the club slumped to relegation to League One, yet the manager-chairman partnership of Nigel Pearson and Milan Mandaric turned things around completely and after bouncing straight back to the Championship, the club netted a playoff position last season. However, there’s now big changes at the Walkers Stadium after Pearson opted to take charge of divisional rivals Hull. There was plenty of speculation as to who the ambitious Mandaric would appoint, but in the end the Foxes decided to swoop for Swansea boss Paulo Sousa.. Sousa has become renowned for his fluent passing style in his short time as a manager, which should prove interesting at Leicester after Pearson’s preference for a more percentage style of play.
Having walked to the League One title during the 2008/09 campaign, there was little doubt that Leicester would be able to hold their own having arrived back in the Championship last season. However, what supporters witnessed must have even surprised them, with Nigel Pearson putting together a side that stayed in the top six for the majority of the season
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