Iwan Roberts believes Christian Fuchs should remain at Newport County amid links to the Leicester City job.
The Austria international won the Premier League with the Foxes in 2015-16 and led the Exiles to survival in League Two in his first ever full-time role as a head coach.
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It has led to murmurings that he could take charge at King Power Stadium following Leicester’s relegation into League One.
But former Leicester and Wales striker Roberts hopes Fuchs remains at Rodney Parade to build on the foundations he has laid in his debut season at the club.
“First 16 games under Dave Hughes, they won 11 points. Since then, Christian Fuchs has been in charge for 30 games and he’s won 32 points,” Roberts told the BBC’s Feast of Football podcast.
“With roughly a point per game, you stay in the league quite comfortably.
“He came in at a tough time to work at a club which was fighting for its life and its survival in the Football League.
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“He’s done what he needed to do and he’s kept them in the league.
“There’s obviously going to be links to Leicester because he had some really successful years there. He’s highly-thought of at the club.
“Is he the man to get Leicester back in the Championship? I’m not too sure.
“I’d love to see him have another season at Newport and try and build on what he’s achieved this season, because it has to be better.”
