Ruud van Nistelrooy in talks to become Leicester City manager

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Leicester City are in talks to appoint Ruud van Nistelrooy as Steve Cooper’s successor. Negotiations have been taking place with the former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker this week and have been advancing, but there is still work to be done and no agreement has been reached so far. First team coach Ben Dawson — assisted by coaches Danny Alcock and Andy Hughes — has been taking training this week ahead of the trip to Brentford following the sacking of Cooper and it remains unclear whether the talks will be concluded in time for Van Nistlerooy to take charge of Saturday's...

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