🎧 Could Cifuentes bring back the Maresca spark?published at 11:42 11 July
Cifuentes "edging closer" to Leicester job
"In terms of Cifuentes' record with QPR, he did well keeping them in the division for two seasons but it'll be a different task. Leicester are further along than QPR.
"You can only get behind the appointment but to be honest, it needed to come earlier."
With former Queens Park Rangers boss Marti Cifuentes looking like he could be the man to take over at King Power Stadium, the When You're Smiling team discuss what his appointment could mean for Leicester City.
One impact of hiring Cifuentes could be a change of style that would see the Foxes return to the more aggressive approach that led to them winning the Championship title under Enzo Maresca in 2024.
"Do you want to be pragmatic or do you want to take the bull by the horns and go that Maresca style where you are dominating possession, pressing aggressively," said former Foxes striker Matty Fryatt.
"They've probably looked at it and thought we want to go back to that, based on the two previous appointments.
"They've got a core of Maresca-type players as well that are used to playing that style and then you add that freshness and spark amongst it, it can only be positive."
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