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Former Borussia Dortmund manager Peter Stoger is in the running to take charge of Leicester City, according to a source close to the Austrian manager.

The Foxes are on the hunt for a new manager after relieving Claude Puel from his role at the King Power Stadium and a host of names have already been linked with a move to the club.

Stoger, unlike others who have been tipped for the position, is out of work at the moment and it seems he could be lured to the Premier League, journalist Peter Linden revealed in his blog.

Linden, who wrote a book about the 52-year-old, states that Stoger rejected the opportunity to join Huddersfield Town earlier this season and is a ‘hot candidate’ to take the vacant position at Leicester.

If an appointment were to happen, it would continue the trend of ex-Bundesliga managers moving to the Premier League after Ralph Hasenhuttl, formerly of RB Leipzig, joined Southampton earlier this season.

Stoger could be a solid appointment for Leicester after taking the Borussia Dortmund job on an interim basis last season following the departure of Peter Bosz, taking charge when the club was eighth in the standings before steadying the ship and sealing Champions League football.

Prior to that, he became a cult-hero at Koln after guiding the club to the Europa League for the first time in 25 years, then overseeing a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the group stages.

His experiences could aid Leicester in their quest to find stability in the remainder of the campaign and he’d find a compatriot at the club in Christian Fuchs.