Assistant Manager Steve Walsh Leaves Leicester City

- Walsh gives notice of intention to become Everton’s Director of Football 

- Leicester Director of Football Jon Rudkin says decision was accepted ‘with a heavy heart’ 

- Club to continue with the delivery of its established player recruitment strategy 

Leicester City Football Club can today confirm that Steve Walsh will be leaving his position as assistant manager. 

Steve has given notice of his intention to join Everton as their new Director of Football. He will take up his new position with immediate effect. 

Leicester City Director of Football Jon Rudkin said:"Steve has made a signification contribution to the most successful period in the Club's history and it is with a heavy heart that we accept his decision to seek a different challenge in his career. 

"We thank him wholeheartedly for his service and wish him and his family well in the future." 

Steve has been a senior figure in the Club's football management since rejoining Leicester City in 2011 under Nigel Pearson, sharing the position of assistant manager with Craig Shakespeare. 

Specialising in player identification and recruitment, Steve helped build the squads that would return City to the Premier League, retain our status in the top flight and, following the appointment of Claudio Ranieri, establish us as champions for the first time in the Club's history. 

The Club's senior football management, including manager Claudio Ranieri and assistant managers Craig Shakespeare and Paolo Benetti, will continue to prepare the squad for the new season, while the delivery of the Club's established player recruitment strategy will continue to be overseen by Director of Football Jon Rudkin.