Leicester City have now held internal talks about appointing a former Premier League manager as a replacement for Russell Martin.

Martin is on thin ice, despite guiding his side to a 2-1 victory at home against Doncaster Rovers last time out, courtesy of goals from John Lundstram and Kamari Doyle.

The Foxes boss was full of praise for his side's performance, saying: "Ideally, we would have scored a couple more goals because I think we warranted that. But yes, I actually think that period after they got one back will be really good for us.

"It tells the lads, ‘everything can be good, it can be fine’. They showed real composure and stayed calm. When they had to suffer, they suffered together and stayed really focused on what they had to do."

However, victories have been far too scarce, considering Leicester will have aims of winning promotion to the Championship this season, and they remain in 14th place, having won three, drawn three and lost three of their opening nine matches.

In truth, the 40-year-old's overall record as a manager isn't exactly stellar, although he did manage to guide Southampton to promotion from the Championship in the 2023-24 season.

That said, there haven't been many signs a promotion charge is on the cards this season, with the Foxes languishing in mid-table, and the hierarchy are now thinking about bringing in a replacement for Martin.

Leicester considering move for Rob Edwards

According to a report from Football Insider, Leicester have now held internal talks about appointing former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Rob Edwards, who was replaced by Cesar Peixoto during the summer.

With the Foxes sitting in 14th place, Martin remains under pressure, although he has managed to buy himself some time with the victory against Doncaster at the weekend.

Should results not improve, however, the Scot, who likes to use a 3-4-2-1 formation, could be replaced by Edwards, who knows what it takes to win promotion, having guided Luton Town to the Premier League via the play-offs in the 2022-23 campaign.

Although the Hatters were ultimately unable to remain in the top flight, the ex-Luton boss was lauded for the "insane" job he did by former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

More recently, the 43-year-old also suffered relegation from the Premier League with Wolves, although it was always going to be a difficult task to keep the Old Gold up, considering they were eight points adrift of safety when he replaced Vitor Pereira.