Leicester City have sacked Steve Cooper and could replace him with Graham Potter or Ruud van Nistelrooy. The Foxes decided to pull the trigger on Cooper on Sunday following a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea . Leicester struggled to create much going forward against the Blues and Jordan Ayew's stoppage-time goal was a case of too little too late.

Leicester City are on the look out after sacking Steve Cooper - now, Ruud van Nistelrooy has been installed as the early favourite to replace him

What the papers say According to The Independent, former interim Manchester United manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is on a list of potential targets to replace Steve Cooper at Leicester. Cooper was sacked on Sunday following a 2-1 loss at home to Chelsea.