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Micky Adams could be offered a return to Leicester City after the shock departure of Nigel Pearson to Hull.
Port Vale chief Adams, the last man to manage the Foxes in the Premier League, will head the list as chairman Milan Mandaric looks for his ninth boss in little more than three years in charge.
Pearson, who guided Leicester to promotion from League One in his first season and then reached the Championship play-offs this year, will move after failing to agree a new contract because of disagreements about next season’s budget.
That will pave the way for ambitious Adams, 48, to return to the Walkers Stadium, where he won promotion to the top flight in 2003 despite a transfer ban because the club were in administration.
http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/m...ct=home;templ=article;tile=8;oid=496979;ord=?Former Portugal international Paulo Sousa, who fell out with his board at Swansea over a lack of transfer cash, will also be on Mandaric’s shortlist.
And, ironically, he will also look at Iain Dowie, whose failure to keep Hull in the top flight during a spell as temporary consultant has opened the way for Pearson to move to the KC Stadium.
Meanwhile the NOTW says its basically a done deal
LEICESTER boss Nigel Pearson will be unveiled as Hull's new manager on Tuesday.
The Tigers agreed to pay compensation of around £350,000 on Friday night.
Pearson, whose departure caught Leicester completely by surprise, will be taking No 2 Craig Shakespeare and head of recruitment Steve Walsh north with him from the Walkers Stadium.
The 46-year-old was not on the initial list of candidates drawn up by chairman Adam Pearson and owner Russell Bartlett to succeed Phil Brown at the KC Stadium, where Iain Dowie led a final bid to stay in the Premier League.
But he eventually emerged as the prime target, impressing the Hull board by taking the Foxes to the Championship play-offs last season on a shoestring budget, with some canny moves in the loan market.
Despite Hull's financial problems, Pearson will have funds to spend, but he knows he must first clear out the club's big earners.
But the NOTW also suggests were after a Liverpool player for £1million
FOXES FANCY £1M KOP DEFENDER
Darby could quit Anfield
DARBY: Liverpool youth product
By Greg Gobere, 26/06/2010
LIVERPOOL can boost their transfer kitty if they allow Stephen Darby to move to Leicester.
The Foxes are ready to offer £1million for the Kop's England Under-19 international, 21, who made his senior debut against Tottenham in January.
But the right-back did play a crucial role in Swindon Town's promotion charge last season which ended in a play-off defeat to Millwall at Wembley.
Darby was one of three Premiership loan players that returned to their parent clubs from Swindon in recent weeks along with West Ham's Frank Nouble and Bolton midfielder Danny Ward.
Nigel Pearson's possible switch to Hull could threaten to derail the bid.
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