What next for sacked managers Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers?

Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers are searching for new roles after leaving Chelsea and Leicester respectively.

Potter was sacked by the Blues on Sunday following only seven wins from 22 Premier League games, while Rodgers departed the relegation-threatened Foxes earlier that day.

Here, the PA news agency considers what could be next for the pair.

Potter has already emerged among the frontrunners for a vacancy which only came about hours before he was made unemployed. Leicester, who are under the caretaker management of first-team coaches Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell, won the FA Cup two years ago and were in Europe last season but now face a major fight to remain in the division. While Potter may wish to take a bit of time off, the Foxes would prove a tempting proposition.

The 47-year-old upset a lot of Brighton fans when he swapped the south coast for Stamford Bridge in September, particularly as most of his backroom staff followed. His standing among almost all Seagulls supporters would plummet were he to take charge of their bitter rivals. Palace have Roy Hodgson back in charge until the end of the season but will look to make a longer-term appointment in the summer.

Potter was linked with Spurs more than once during his Brighton days. He will surely once again be under consideration by the north London club, who last week parted company with Antonio Conte, albeit his capacity to lead a so-called top-six club is now under question. While Tottenham’s smaller squad and propensity to be less active than Chelsea in the transfer market would suit Potter’s coaching methods, he is far from favourite for the job.

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Having left Leicester in the relegation zone, the bizarre nature of the managerial merry-go-round