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Burnley manager Sean Dyche is emerging as the favourite for the vacant Leicester City job.

He was immediately installed as one of the contenders for vacancy after City sacked Craig Shakespeare yesterday, following a run of one win in their first eight games this season.

City are expected to hold talks today about possible candidates, but Dyche is expected to be discussed.

The Clarets boss, who is coming up to five years with the club, is on a one-year rolling contract at Turf Moor and almost moved to Crystal Palace in the summer.

He also lives near Kettering and the commute would be just an hour from his family home. He currently spends three nights a week living in Burnley away from his family.

The 46-year-old has enhanced his reputation with the job he has done with Burnley, leading them into the Premier League on two occasions, but he may feel ready for a new challenge.

The Daily Mail claims he would be interested in the City job, but that it would cost City £2.5 million in compensation to get him out of Turf Moor.

Sam Allardyce was the bookmakers’s favourite to succeed Shakespeare, the man he appointed as his assistant when he was England boss, but he has ruled himself out of the running.