[davieG]

Merc

Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric says that up to four new players could be added to the squad in the next few weeks.

The first of them could be Slovenian striker Leon Crncic later today.

But Mandaric says manager Paulo Sousa's transfer business will have to be "sensible" – and that money "will not be thrown away".

City's total debts as of May 31 last year stood at almost £26million, and Mandaric is personally underwriting that debt.

The chairman warned: "We have to be sensible and make sure we don't waste the money."

Sousa's only acquisition so far has been Portugal Under-21 international Miguel Vitor on a season-long loan deal from Benfica, although Crncic's arrival at the Walkers Stadium looks imminent.

Mandaric said: "We are assembling a good team and we still have two, three or maybe four players to come on board during August.

"There is obviously a need for investment in the players and he will get that money.

"The manager is looking for certain players to buy but also players to bring in on loan or who are on frees. We have to make sure we don't waste it. We will not throw it away."

City's targets will be at home and abroad.

Mandaric added: "There are a lot of good players available in this country and overseas, so there is no reason why he (Sousa) is not able to bring in the two or three players he needs."

Crncic arrived at the club this week and has been undergoing a medical. City were hoping to unveil the 20-year-old yesterday but they are awaiting results of a final scan.

Crncic impressed Sousa when he trained with City during their week-long training camp in Slovenia. He also scored a goal in the friendly against his former club, NK Aluminiji. Last season, he was on loan at Italian club Atalanta and is now a free agent.

[darko2k7]

Cheers !

Well at least we now know that we are signing some players the deepen the squad a bit

[Collymore]

"There are a lot of good players available in this country and overseas"

He's narrowed it down to the whole world, well done Milan.

[Steven]

Collymore, on 30 July 2010 - 09:28 AM, said:

"There are a lot of good players available in this country and overseas"

He's narrowed it down to the whole world, well done Milan.

My scouts tell me there is some top drawer talent on Mars.

[Manwell Pablo]

Collymore, on 30 July 2010 - 10:28 AM, said:

"There are a lot of good players available in this country and overseas"

He's narrowed it down to the whole world, well done Milan.

Not really, he said good players, that rules out Dele Adebola at least.

[Bellend Sebastian]

What's Kaebi up to these days?

[Collymore]

Steven, on 30 July 2010 - 10:57 AM, said:

My scouts tell me there is some top drawer talent on Mars.

These guys? Who can remember them?

[Mawsley]

My contacts say we will be signing the Spanish U21 side tomorrow. They are currently in the clubshop being given commemorative keyrings and an old Tops Tiles sticker.

[teblin]

Someone on 606 reckons Pablo Counago will be playing for us tomorrow. Could be rubbish i know but sousa did try and sign him for swansea last summer. so he could be one of the 4.

This post has been edited by teblin: 30 July 2010 - 11:00 AM

[Watson]

teblin, on 30 July 2010 - 12:00 PM, said:

Someone on 606 reckons Pablo Counago will be playing for us tomorrow. Could be rubbish i know but sousa did try and sign him for swansea last summer. so he could be one of the 4.

My god, if Counago and Crcnic are uprfront, i am really not looking forward to the people behind us trying to pronounce their names

[scinnell]

Crcnic is definatly signing as he said yesterday the medical went 'good' so due to sign today,

[MPH]

Bellend Sebastian, on 30 July 2010 - 11:04 AM, said:

What's Kaebi up to these days?

Banned from playing for the iranian national team and had his passport taken off him for taking part in some political protest, apprently

[Blue Bob]

I wonder if we can benefit from picking up some loans of players who are excluded from their clubs due to the premiership 25 man rule. Some clubs will have 10 or more players surplus, gotta be a few we could pick up who would add to the side?

[Flynny]

26 million?! How much of that is the stadium?

[andy_croydz]

Why are we 26 million in debt? We havn't exactly splashed the cash in recent years and we don't have a massive squad. The season ticket sales are very good for a Championship club and the fan base is too. So how is that actually possible?

[poopbutt]

65 per cent

[Alexikokopops]

andy_croydz, on 30 July 2010 - 01:14 PM, said:

Why are we 26 million in debt? We havn't exactly splashed the cash in recent years and we don't have a massive squad. The season ticket sales are very good for a Championship club and the fan base is too. So how is that actually possible?

Because we took out a loan on a stadium that we could only afford to pay back if we were in the Premiership.

[andy_croydz]

Alexikokopops, on 30 July 2010 - 01:19 PM, said:

Because we took out a loan on a stadium that we could only afford to pay back if we were in the Premiership.

Don't we pay the loan off each month though for a set number of years? Say like 50k a month for 15+ years? If we were paying it off monthly then we would surely have payed nearly half of it off now. Maybe not though

[Narborough_fox]

I'm off to Fosse Park I'll se if I can spot any potential signings, it's not Morrisons but it will do!

[andy_croydz]

Narborough_fox, on 30 July 2010 - 02:00 PM, said:

I'm off to Fosse Park I'll se if I can spot any potential signings, it's not Morrisons but it will do!

That's right near my house, could you go to Asda and pick up some shopping for us and drop it off? Thank you