It is the 44-year-old’s first job in charge of a senior top-flight side and comes after he masterminded Leicester’s return to the Premier League.
Leicester City are frustrated with Enzo Maresca’s defection to Chelsea and will now ramp up their search for a new head coach this week.
Sunderland are determined not to sell Jobe Bellingham despite interest in the midfielder from clubs in the Premier League and elsewhere in Europe