Sky Sports pundit David Prutton believes Leeds United could follow the example set by local rivals Huddersfield on their quest for promotion next season.
Leeds narrowly missed out on a place in the play-off semi-finals at the end of the 2016-17 season, after a poor run of form at the end of the season saw them finish seventh in the Championship.
To add further insult to injury, the much-loved Garry Monk resigned from his post as manager after just one season in charge at Elland Road.
The Yorkshire-based club are still yet to identify a successor ahead of the new season, but Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani has admitted that the club will be meeting with candidates this week.
But Prutton believes Leeds will appoint a big-name manager, and suggests they follow the example set by rivals Huddersfield, who earned promotion to the Premier League under former Borussia Dortmund reserves chief David Wagner.
He told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “You can’t see Leeds moving away from someone who you would call a name.
“What’s brought it into such finite focus is Huddersfield as what they have done is phenomenal. And the fact that they are barely half-an-hour down the road, I’m sure sticks in the craw at Leeds.
“They will look at them and maybe that will give owners and directors food for thought. Hopefully the next appointment is the one that takes them back up.”
Monk’s departure leaves Leeds searching for their eighth different manager since April 2013, while Huddersfield have also been through three full-time managers during that same time period.
But the Terriers have now struck gold under the stewardship of Wagner, who in only his second season in charge at the club, has led them to the Premier League for the first time in their history.
Prutton had earlier hinted that Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale would have been a fine choice to become the next Leeds manager due to his control and hunger.