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Van Nistelrooy also spoke about his working relationship with Vardy and what that has meant to him during his time at the club

The Leicester boss was asked how Vardy has been preparing for his final game in a City shirt

Vardy's final game on Sunday marks 13 years since he first arrived at the club. It will also be his 500th game, with the aim of scoring goal number 200 in a City shirt. Van Nistelrooy was asked if there is a focus to try and get him that final goal

As you'd imagine, the bulk of the press conference was focused on Jamie Vardy's final game for City Van Nistelrooy spoke about the impact he's had during his time at the club

Van Nistelrooy started by confirming he has no fresh injury concerns The positive news is that Ricardo could return against Ipswich on Sunday. The City boss said he'll be assessed in training today and tomorrow.

Cooper got the job off the back of doing a presentation about where he ranks amongst other European managers lmao

Personally I would much rather see Vardy finish his career out for us against Ipswich and have no problem with him not playing against Bournemouth If the club are having to rely on us finishing 18th in order to comply with PSR then there are so many more bigger problems to take issue with than Vardy missing 1 game Trying to take such a massive issue with Vardy doing this over a problem that we might not even have just seems like you are looking for any reason to have a problem with it

Surely you should actually wait and see what happens on Sunday first? If we lose then the Bournemouth game means exactly nothing

IF we did miss the rules be a fine margin I would certainly not be blaming Vardy for missing 1 game as the reason as to why it has happened The club will have another month after the Bournemouth game to get their shit in line by selling someone like Hermansen or Bilal Maybe you should take more of an issue with how the club behaves in the transfer market

More points on his driving licence than appearances for Chelsea in 3 seasons

Yeah, he won’t be playing against Bournemouth

I was wondering why Ruud had been saying in some of his post match interviews when talking about Vardy that he had 1 less game left than what we still had to play

Yesterdays Result - Tuesday 13th May Eerste Divisie Playoffs Quarter Final - 1st Leg: Wanya Marcal (6.0 - 68 mins) - De Graafschap 0-0 FC Dordrecht

Did anyone even know he had been hired as loans manager in the first place? Huth left in November and have we really only just replaced him?

Bellingham was 17 when he signed his pro deal with Birmingham and then joined Dortmund

Same agent as Coady…

Yesterdays Result - Monday 12th May Championship - Playoff Semi Final 2nd Leg: Hamza Choudhury (7.6 + clean sheet - 90 mins) - Sheff Utd 3-0 Bristol City

Usually had one of, if not, the oldest squad in the Prem didn’t he? We need to be going towards one of the youngest

They finished the season in 18th in the National League North

@kingfox I know he was one you had mentioned

Other than the part of the season when he first joined and the part of this season before he was sacked from his time at Everton (it does include his 1 full season), the below is the minutes he gave to players who were 21 and under over his whole career

I'd be his best mate if I knew how easily he throws massive contracts around

Love the commentator

Can’t wait to see the crappy PR statement we get at the end of the season, if we even get one Then you see Burton Albion’s ownership and board come out with this - so much clarity about the structure, who will be doing what etc. We have people in very senior positions in our club that honestly I don’t think the vast majority know even exist https://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/2025/may/12/a-message-from-the-ownership--reflections-and-looking-ahead/ It has been quite the season, requiring a heroic effort from our coaching team led by Gary Bowyer, the players, staff, supporters and all those behind the scenes that have supported our introductory board to get us over the line in this first year of NFG ownership and preserve our League One status for the men’s first team. Over the course of this period, our introductory board, the ownership group and its advisors have been reviewing all aspects of the organisation in order to develop a structure on both the sporting and business side that can lay the foundations for the future growth, success and sustainability of Burton Albion. As an ownership group we have taken a lot from this time. We accept that we have made mistakes along the way, and we have also made adjustments where necessary to the plans we had mapped out when we first arrived last summer. We are confident that all of this experience will be of great benefit now we have navigated the ownership handover period with the Robinson family and approach a new phase where we start to build up the organisation that will form the BAFC of the future and lay the foundations for the next 75 years of sustainable success for the football club. Our core aim has always been centred on the club being self-sustainable and we remain committed to delivering on this although we have to admit that this transitional season has been far from a sustainable one as we have made significant financial losses. This trend cannot continue. To deliver our vision of making Burton Albion a self-sustainable and successful League One football club we wanted to share with you our next steps on this journey. OWNERSHIP Last summer, NFG comprised 10 Nordic families with the aim of inviting more to join in the majority ownership of the club. We have since collectively agreed to change this strategy going forward and will now also consider non-Nordic partners that share our values and ambitions. Still, we will only take on new partners if and when the right ones present themselves, and we have not set out a timeline for this. Part of this strategic change will also see us restructure the ownership group, allowing us to add new names to the fold as and when appropriate. BOARD The roles and responsibilities of our existing board members, the ones who have taken us through this period of transition, will now be transferred to a new interim board to oversee the running of the club while the composition of the ownership group is finalised. This new board will support the first phase of building a new senior leadership team designed to take us forward and build on our business plan and the foundations we have laid during our transition year. As a result; Chairman Ole Jakob Strandhagen, Deputy Chairman Tom Davidson, and Commercial Director Kevin C. Skabo will step down from their positions on the board, following on from the previous announcement around the departure of fellow board member and Sporting Director Bendik Hareide last year. During this period, Wouter Gudde will take up the role of Interim Chairman and CEO of Burton Albion. Wouter has been with the club in an advisory capacity since March and has a vast background in football as a professional player, Chief Commercial Officer at Excelsior and CEO of Groningen in the Netherlands’ Eredivisie. He has since set up his own consultancy, where he supports clubs in their start-up and transformation phases. For now, working alongside Wouter as the ownership’s representatives on the club’s board will be Ólafur Páll Snorrason and Robert Ulfarsson. Ólafur has led NFG's Sporting Committee and acted as NFG’s interim Sporting Director since the departure of Bendik Hareide. Robert is a member of NFG’s Investor Advisory Board since before NFG came in as custodians of the club. DAY-TO-DAY LEADERSHIP We are pleased to announce the appointments of Richard Dorman as Sporting Director, and Tom Mahon as Chief Operating Officer, who both start with immediate effect. Combined, they will look after two core pillars of the club; the football and business operations. Richard is a former professional footballer who started out at Blackburn Rovers, before moving to the United States and later Finland, where he eventually transitioned to the off-field role of Technical Director at SJK Seinäjoki. He will be responsible for managing the recruitment of new players and staff, working with the board and Head Coach in the search for footballing success and sustainability. Tom has extensive experience in football having previously worked for almost 15 years at Manchester City and, most recently, as COO at Stockport County. He will lead the process of increasing our revenue on both the club and community sides of the business - on and away from matchdays. As owners we remain fully committed to our long-term ambitions for Burton Albion and will constantly evaluate every option when it comes to achieving this. Nothing is more important than safeguarding a self-sustaining and successful future in League One. That is the very foundation upon everything else must be built as a club, community trust and as ambassadors for the town. Considering the major losses made during this transitional year, we have to be shrewd with the decisions we make in the future to be able to fulfil our ultimate vision of success through self-sustainability. We also have to take some tough decisions going forward.