Leicester City have earmarked David Wagner as their next manager, with the club expected to part company with Claude Puel this month.

Wagner led Huddersfield Town to the Premier League and is battling to retain their status in the final matches against Chelsea on Wednesday and Arsenal on Sunday. The 46-year-old shelved talks about extending his contract, which has one year left, until the summer and has also attracted interest from West Ham United, who considered him when replacing Slaven Bilic in November.

Leicester officials are at the end of their tether with Puel, who was jeered by his supporters at the end of the 2-0 defeat at home by West Ham on Saturday. Chants of, “You don’t know what you’re doing,” when he made