Mancini, Taylor and Levein
Former foxes in the news

THE CUNNING FOX, 29.12.2009

Leicester City was the only connection Roberto Mancini had to English football and the Premier League before his appointment as Man City boss.

Mancini spent a short period at the club under former manager Peter Taylor. His stay at Leicester became very short when he was given a chance to take charge of Fiorentina back in Italy.

He has since leaving Leicester been a manager at Fiorentina, Lazio and Inter and now at Man City.

Peter Taylor is linked with the vacant position at Notts County and could again link up with Sven Goran Eriksson. Taylor assisted Eriksson with England and worked under him with the U.21's.

Taylor has shown that he can work well with teams in the lower leagues. He has promoted clubs such as Hull. Brighton. Gillingham and Wycombe.

Craig Levein was last week appointed manager of Scotland aftrer a brilliant period in charge of Dundee United. His spell at Leicester City was a dark one.

He was restricted in his work at Leicester, and never really managed to bring in the sort of players we needed to get this club flying again. But he was the one signing Matty Fryatt and Iain Hume, so something good came out of the Levein era.

We wish Roberto and Craig all the best in their new jobs and hope that their time at Leicester have inspired them.