JESSE Marsch has emerged as favourite for the Leicester City job after holding talks with King Power Stadium bosses.
The American was sacked by Leeds two months ago and came close to taking over at Southampton when Nathan Jones was dismissed.
But now he is a contender to take over from Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked less than a week ago following their 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace.
Leicester have been tracking coaches that have worked in the Red Bull structure.
That put Marsch in their thoughts along with ex-Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl.
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Marsch was Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig coach before making the move to Leeds just over a year ago.
He kept them in the Premier League - but Leeds had to wait until the final game of the season to stay in the top flight under Marsch.
Leicester would be asking him to pull off another rescue act if he gets the job.
Bookies have slashed the odds on Marsch taking over.
The Foxes face a huge game tomorrow at home to Bournemouth.
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Both teams are in the bottom three and defeat for either side would be a huge blow to their survival hopes.
Leicester's decision over a new boss could be affected by the outcome of the game.
Rafa Benitez and Sam Allardyce are also believed to have been considered.
But caretaker bosses Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell remain in charge for the huge clash.
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Leicester would prefer to let Sadler and Stowell carry on - keep the team up, then reassess the situation in the summer when No1 target Graham Potter is likely to want to return to management after his Chelsea axing.
But if they lose to Bournemouth, that plan could change.
Then, a short-term or long-term appointment could be made with Marsch in line to take on the task.