Micky Adams has warned he will quit Leicester unless he replaces Dave Bassett as manager for next season.
Assistant boss Adams has gone public for the first time in stating he will leave the Foxes unless he steps up into the City hotseat.
Adams joined Leicester from Brighton at the same time as Bassett in October on the understanding that he would eventually take command. But the ex-Fulham boss now appears to be forcing the issue and is wanting to be handed the reins sooner rather than later - or leave to try his luck elsewhere.
His comments have caused surprise at the club as Bassett is already understood to have indicated that he will be happy to move into a director-of-football-type role next season and make way for Adams.
Adams was linked with the vacant Hull City post at the weekend and now the Preston job is also up for grabs following the switch of David Moyes to Everton.
He said: "I will support Dave Bassett 100 per cent in the role I am employed and I will give him as much support as I can from now to the end of the season.
"But after that? You'll have to speak to the chairman and the board. I want to be a manager next season. I'll be a manager at Leicester City - or somewhere else".
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