David Fox, Loans Manager set to leave Leicester to join Plymouth

[davieG]

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

Leicester loans manager David Fox is set to leave the club after just two weeks to join Plymouth Argyle.

Sources have told BBC Sport the 41-year-old will become Argyle's new head of football operations as the club plots their return to the Championship.

Fox finished his career with a three-year spell at Home Park, making 142 appearances, and returns after the club was relegated to League One on the final day of the season.

Fox, who also played for Norwich, Blackpool, Colchester and Crewe, had previously been loans manager at Huddersfield and has only been at King Power Stadium a matter of weeks.

A new head of recruitment is also expected to be named by Plymouth to replace Jimmy Dickinson, who is joining Bolton to reunited with former Argyle boss Steven Schumacher.

[davieG]

Couldn't find anything re his employment in the search. I certainly can't remember him joining

[AjcW]

 

[moore_94]

Did anyone even know he had been hired as loans manager in the first place? 
 

Huth left in November and have we really only just replaced him?

[RoboFox]

Build the statue.

[HighPeakFox]

As metaphors go, that's pretty much on the money. 

[Vazman]

8 minutes ago, davieG said:

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

Leicester loans manager David Fox is set to leave the club after just two weeks to join Plymouth Argyle.

Sources have told BBC Sport the 41-year-old will become Argyle's new head of football operations as the club plots their return to the Championship.

Fox finished his career with a three-year spell at Home Park, making 142 appearances, and returns after the club was relegated to League One on the final day of the season.

Fox, who also played for Norwich, Blackpool, Colchester and Crewe, had previously been loans manager at Huddersfield and has only been at King Power Stadium a matter of weeks.

A new head of recruitment is also expected to be named by Plymouth to replace Jimmy Dickinson, who is joining Bolton to reunited with former Argyle boss Steven Schumacher.

I wonder if Plymouth Argyle might be interested in a new DOF 🤔 

[Stadt]

We have a complete merry go round behind the scenes. We have vacancies longer than people were in their post  

[DezFox]

I mean I’m all for draining the swamp but if the article suggests he has only been here for 2 weeks, what on earth are we thinking.

 

His tenure as loans manager has overseen our best form to date, keep at all costs!!!

[ACF]

Reckon he’d be a great Loans Manager too, seems to know a fair bit about Temporary Employment

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Nick Mashiter with another SCOOOOOP!

[Jobyfox]

28 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

As metaphors go, that's pretty much on the money. 

Yes. Surprised not to see the obvious headline of: “FOX NO LONGER A FOX” 

[funkyrobot]

35 minutes ago, davieG said:

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

Leicester loans manager David Fox is set to leave the club after just two weeks to join Plymouth Argyle.

Sources have told BBC Sport the 41-year-old will become Argyle's new head of football operations as the club plots their return to the Championship.

Fox finished his career with a three-year spell at Home Park, making 142 appearances, and returns after the club was relegated to League One on the final day of the season.

Fox, who also played for Norwich, Blackpool, Colchester and Crewe, had previously been loans manager at Huddersfield and has only been at King Power Stadium a matter of weeks.

A new head of recruitment is also expected to be named by Plymouth to replace Jimmy Dickinson, who is joining Bolton to reunited with former Argyle boss Steven Schumacher.

Can you blame Foxy leaving? Someone stole his favourite toilet at Seagrave ffs. This club is broken. 😡 

[NAKC20]

Rudkin hired him thinking it was Filberts brother

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

In other years this is not really newsworthy, but highlighting a new recruit has left after 2 weeks speaks to how we’re run these days. Perhaps that was the motivation behind the toilet stealer breaking this story.

 

Didn’t Guy Branston used to do this role? Perhaps it’s a trend that the person who has this role gets themselves in a bit of pickle.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

41 minutes ago, Stadt said:

We have a complete merry go round behind the scenes. We have vacancies longer than people were in their post  

Feel like a lot of lower level club staff can't put up with the cult behaviour there. The more shit you can swallow the higher you go there.

[MattFox]

Interesting how many outsiders come and go very quickly 

 

 

[FLAN]

Probably found the Edouard paperwork stuffed behind a cabinet and knew too much… 

[Stadt]

Should be a 1 day ban for everybody making yet another hilarious Nick Mashiter joke 

[oakman]

 

[Tommy G]

We may aswell of had him on loan he's been here that little time. 

[Pita]

Just shows how poorly run the club is if you can’t keep a employee more than a few days 

[Claudio Fannieri]

Realistically I would say this role is pretty junior within the LCFC heirarchy where as the role he is taking at Plymouth ( a former club of his as well) is a lot more senior, not sure there is much to read into except timing is pretty off but clearly opportunity to good to turn down. 
 

also given the appointments of a head of football operation and head of recruitment probably means Muslic stays at Plymouth as he has worked very closely at Cercle with the incoming recruitment lead. 

Edited 13 May 2025 by Claudio Fannieri

[Leicesterpool]

Who? 

[Ric Flair]

Will see if I can get him on the pod to slag off Rudkin.