Ex-Sheff Utd boss Wilder has Leicester interview

Leicester City have interviewed former Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder in their search for a new manager.

The 57-year-old parted company with the Blades after failing to guide the South Yorkshire club back to the Premier League at the first attempt.

Sheffield United finished third in the Championship table, one place and 10 points short of automatic promotion, and then went on to lose the play-off final to Sunderland at Wembley in May.

Wilder finds himself up against Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl for the vacancy at the King Power Stadium.

While Leicester are said to be admirers of 36-year-old Rohl, there is a release clause in his contract that the Foxes would need to meet to try and bring the German in as Ruud van Nistelrooy's replacement.

Rohl, however, did not reported back for the start of pre-season at Wednesday amid ongoing financial concerns at the club, where wages have gone unpaid.

The interest in Rohl and talks with Wilder come after Leicester were previously linked with former Burnley and Everton manager Sean Dyche.

While Dyche is now seen as a less likely candidate, former Bournemouth and Wolves boss Gary O'Neil is another name that has been linked with Leicester on their return to the Championship.

Leicester finished third-from-bottom and 13 points from safety last season as they plunged back to Championship for the second time in three years.

It took the Foxes more than nine weeks after their relegation was confirmed to announce Dutchman Van Nistelrooy's departure, just days before players reported back for pre-season training.

It meant that Andy King - who was a member of Leicester's Premier League-winning side in 2016 - stepped up from his coaching role at the club to take charge of their first pre-season friendly, a 3-1 win against League One side Peterborough United at their Seagrave training base on Saturday.