Sven Goran Eriksson is back in English football after agreeing to replace Paulo Sousa at Leicester City.
In a remarkable move by the Championship's bottom club, Sousa was sacked on Friday after just nine league games in charge.
Chief executive Lee Hoos then held talks in London with former England coach Eriksson to formalise a two-year deal. The decision has provoked scathing criticism from the League Managers' Association.
It is understood that Eriksson was first approached prior to Leicester's midweek defeat at Norwich with the club's hierarchy stunned into action by last Friday's 6-1 loss at Portsmouth.
Sousa, 40, was left bewildered after revealing he had held talks with club officials on Wednesday, when he was told the club was backing him for the long-term and chairman Milan Mandaric went public in his support.
Sousa, who signed a three-year contract in July, said: 'To be sacked after being told that there was a long-term strategy at the club and after only nine games in charge is something that I find very surprising.
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