Pro and cons of five coaches to take over from Pearson at Leicester

We can’t resist talking up Argentine veteran Cambiasso as a player-coach. At 7/1, it’s perfectly possible this magnificent midfield general could go from engine room to dugout.

Trophy laden spells with River Plate, Real Madrid and Inter Milan mean Cambiasso is used to pressure cooker situations, and he added to those accolades by being named as Leicester’s Player of the Year for 2014/15. He’s a complete coaching novice, though.

Harry Redknapp
We’re talking about the most high-profile English manager available in Redknapp, yet he is a relative outsider to the above names at 16/1. Taking Portsmouth from relegation scrappers to European football, that track record would appeal to Leicester’s ambitious Asian owners.

Redknapp is 68, however, and thus could never be a long-term appointment. He’s also never coached a club north of London, so it’s hard to see him moving to the Midlands.

Cambiasso’s old Argentina boss Bielsa reportedly got down to the final two in the race to succeed Allardyce at West Ham. ‘El Loco’ lost out to former Hammers defender Slaven Bilic, however, but still looks set to become of the exodus from Marseille.

Pearson got plenty of joy playing with three central defenders and wing backs; these are similar tactics to how Bielsa has set up his recent teams. Compatriot Leonardo Ulloa would be the perfect centre forward to spearhead the awesomely attacking and unorthodox 3-3-3-1 set-up employed by this fiery coach, who would expect to be backed by the Foxes owners and is 20/1 to take charge.