Christian Fuchs

[ALC Fox]

There could be a number of reasons for this couldn't there.

 

He may have had a disagreement in direction with the owners/board.

 

Perhaps he's seen the way the wind is blowing and feels like the objectives set are not going to be possible in the coming season.

 

Or he may have another manager's job lined up somewhere.

 

Like @LCFCJohn said, I can't see him coming here to be part of someone else's coaching staff when he's just done a decent job as the main man.

[Jattdogg]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

Think people are putting 2 and 2 to get 5 here.

 

Why would Fuchs go back to being an assistant now he has had a job as main man?

 

What makes people think the club are even that smart?

 

Why would Martin agree to essentially having the next guy in place already? It would undermine him.

You're looking at the math's all wrong.

 

He is signing on as a free agent and will be in our match day squad.

 

Lol

[LCFCCHRIS]

If he thinks Newport are on a path to go down he probably wants to protect his reputation. And with king powers track record, he knows the main job at Leicester could come up again soon. 

[LCFCJohn]

20 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

You're looking at the math's all wrong.

 

He is signing on as a free agent and will be in our match day squad.

 

Lol

Over Thomas and VK?

 

I’ll take it

 

 

 

[Hales]

On 28/06/2026 at 13:23, LCFCJohn said:

Over Thomas and VK?

 

I’ll take it

 

 

 

Me too tbh!

[Fozdog]

Get that Fucher in. I’ll get my coat. 

[Dunge]

Bad news: He’s not coming to coach us.

 

Good news: He’s going to be the next England cricket captain instead.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cr475x3wplro

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Dunge said:

Bad news: He’s not coming to coach us.

 

Good news: He’s going to be the next England cricket captain instead.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cr475x3wplro

Was just going to post this.

 

Legend!

[wardyfox86]

I fuching love this guy. 

 

He might just be 1 of the most likeable players ever to play for us. 

[Hales]

I love Fuuuuuuuuccccchhhhhhssssss!

 

[davieG]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c36ydy46564o  - Video

Andrew Aloia, BBC Sport, East Midlands and Owen Shipton, B C East Midlands Today
Published
8 July 2026
Eyes shut tight. Big swing. Six.

Former Premier League footballer Christian Fuchs is bluntly honest about his approach to cricket - a sport he has only just taken up and is still getting used to.

The retired Austria international made an eye-catching debut in whites when he turned out for his local village team last month - snagging two wickets, contributing to a run-out and belting a six into the River Derwent that snakes by his local ground.

"I closed my eyes and I just hit it hard," Fuchs told BBC East Midlands Today about his memorable maximum.

It was that big first impression he made when taking the field for Derbyshire side Grindleford - which quickly went viral online after being filmed by awestruck opposition from Riverside Notts - that convinced Broadbottom to put a cheeky £10 bounty on his wicket when he lined up against them on Sunday.

Fuchs laughed when told of the price on his head, quickly adding he would "have to try hard".

He launched a six onto the hillside by the ground from his third ball faced, but was clean bowled by the next delivery.

Fuchs blows kiss to bowler after smashing six into river on cricket debut
Published
30 June
Fuchs, best known for helping Leicester City to their 5,000-1 Premier League title win of 2016, explained it was "by accident" he has found himself playing for Grindleford.

It was his son Anthony, who was already playing at junior level for the club, that suggested the 40-year-old try out - but it was his wife who actually made the most unique of summer sporting signings happen.

"I actually didn't know what to do with cricket, never played it before, barely watched it," Fuchs said.

"My son forced me into it - he convinced me at some point and my wife signed me up for it. The rest is history."

Whatever reluctance there may have been about coming out of sporting retirement to throw himself into an almost completely alien pastime has been replaced by an appreciation of the long sunny days he has spent with both his new team-mates and his family.

Between batting and fielding duties against Broadbottom, he practised his newly acquired cricketing skills on the edge of the ground with his son.

And when he was not out in the middle, Fuchs even made his way up to the clubhouse with a mug and hot drink in hand to update the scoreboard.

Team-mate and opening bat Nigel Barnes, who top scored and retired after scoring 50 in Sunday's win,, external said the former footballer has fitted in well.

"He is obviously a bit of a celebrity and we don't have celebrities down here often," Barnes said.

"You can tell he is a sportsman, he has obviously got the hand to eye co-ordination.

"With his batting he did very well. I gave him some advice, which he followed to the letter, but unfortunately it was the wrong advice and he got out."

 

[davieG]

uchs departed the club in 2021, a move that prompted speculation among supporters that director of football Jon Rudkin had played a decisive role in pushing him towards the exit door rather than allowing a fitting farewell for such a popular servant. Ultimately it was a Brendan Rodgers decision; Rudkin actually provided support:

"When Brendan told me, ‘Listen, we wish you the best and thank you for your service’, Jon came to me and literally said, ‘If you want to stay in England, I have two offers (of new clubs) for you’. It was great to see that, once they decided to part ways with me, they still wanted to take care of me as a player.Back when he was an academy coach, Rudkin also helped Piper, who was struggling with addiction in the wake of an injury-enforced early retirement as a player at age 26, offering him a role in the academy which had developed him years earlier..."

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[Steve Earle]

55 minutes ago, davieG said:

uchs departed the club in 2021, a move that prompted speculation among supporters that director of football Jon Rudkin had played a decisive role in pushing him towards the exit door rather than allowing a fitting farewell for such a popular servant. Ultimately it was a Brendan Rodgers decision; Rudkin actually provided support:

"When Brendan told me, ‘Listen, we wish you the best and thank you for your service’, Jon came to me and literally said, ‘If you want to stay in England, I have two offers (of new clubs) for you’. It was great to see that, once they decided to part ways with me, they still wanted to take care of me as a player.Back when he was an academy coach, Rudkin also helped Piper, who was struggling with addiction in the wake of an injury-enforced early retirement as a player at age 26, offering him a role in the academy which had developed him years earlier..."

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The great man was on my Manchester-Amsterdam flight yesterday.

Just in case anyone gives a damn…