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Absolutely fvcked it already lmao Susan Whelan, Leicester City Chief Executive, said: “Operating outside of the Premier League during the 2023/24 season required some obvious adjustments compared with previous years. However, we achieved success on the pitch and attained promotion and the Championship title at the end of the season. “As a Club, we still have work to do to return to the consistent heights of the last 15 years and the ability to successfully adapt to different challenges is a strength we will rely on as we build for future seasons. “Thank you to our supporters, staff and partners for the vital roles they play in the Club’s development, for the loyalty they continually demonstrate and for the passion that will fuel our future progress.”

https://www.lcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/lcfc-accounts-2023-24 Leicester City Football Club today publishes its annual accounts for the period ending 30 June 2024. After nine consecutive seasons of Premier League football, our first year outside of the top flight in a decade had a marked impact on revenues. However, a profitable period of player trading, positive commercial performance and appropriate management of costs enabled us to make the investments we needed to deliver a successful season and an immediate return to the Premier League. The Club made a pre-tax loss of £19.4M for the 12-months to 30 June 2024. This compares with a loss of £89.5M to 30 June 2023 (a 13-month period following a change to align year-ends across the Group). Our turnover for the year fell to £105.3M (2023: £177.3M). However, while broadcast rights revenue (£54.2M) and sponsorship revenue (£21.5M) were reduced as a direct result of absence from the top flight, gate receipts held firm (£18.4M in both 2024 and 2023) and other commercial revenues increased by £0.3M to £9.8M. Our financial results also continue to reflect our ongoing investment in LCFC Women, who secured a fourth successive season of Barclays Women’s Super League football, while maintaining their record of having improved their points total every year since promotion in 2021. The long-term, financial security required for the Club to re-establish its wider position of strength continues to be provided by our Chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, whose overall investment in the Club since 2010 now exceeds £420M, following a latest conversion of debt into equity in January 2025. Susan Whelan, Leicester City Chief Executive, said: “Operating outside of the Premier League during the 2023/24 season required some obvious adjustments compared with previous years. However, we achieved success on the pitch and attained promotion and the Championship title at the end of the season. “As a Club, we still have work to do to return to the consistent heights of the last 15 years and the ability to successfully adapt to different challenges is a strength we will rely on as we build for future seasons. “Thank you to our supporters, staff and partners for the vital roles they play in the Club’s development, for the loyalty they continually demonstrate and for the passion that will fuel our future progress.”

1st April and we are already 12 points and a 23 goal difference worse off than Wolves in 17th **** off the lot of them

How have I only just noticed that Neco Williams, their left back, is their number 7 Disgraceful behaviour

Going to be very difficult for me to get up for the start of a new season and going to games if we keep this muppet in charge

Dreadful by the Man Utd defence

We were late doing it last year - I think that was to do with the loophole stuff we used

15 to 16 Needs to bin off his GCSE’s and be playing for us the rest of the season instead in my opinion

Finally, van Nistelrooy was asked if he's confident that his side can start to pick up the points needed to stay in the Premier League

On that note, van Nistelrooy says his players are relishing the opportunity to take on Manchester City on Wednesday evening

The fixture list may look tough for Leicester, but van Nistelrooy says it's a 'privilege' to come up against the best teams in the league

Van Nistelrooy was asked about how he's used the international break with his players. He says they worked a lot on developing the new system used against Chelsea and Manchester United. He also says it was a productive period

Ruud van Nistelrooy started with an update on injuries He says Ricardo could be available after missing the Manchester United game. "He's doing really well and hopefully we can get him back on the training pitch today and tomorrow and try to have him ready for Wednesday."

Didn’t someone say on here that his mum is a lot more involved than we think or something like that? Only reason I can think of for that comment (if it is true) Otherwise he is just a child

Would be June 2025 if he turns 16 in July 2025 wouldn’t it?

At least it shouldn’t drag on all summer if he is going “If an Under-16 player wishes to move elsewhere, he must inform his club and the league in writing by no later than the first Saturday in June.”

We are definitely going to be one of the clubs on the naughty step aren’t we?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14551965/15-year-old-England-youth-wonderkid-Man-City-Barcelona-Leicester.html Meet the 15-year-old England youth wonderkid being tracked by Man City and Barcelona - and why Leicester face a fierce battle to keep their star Sometimes it is a single touch. A feint this way, a move that. A sudden acceleration. It does not take much for coaches to recognise a special talent and at Leicester, they have been very excited about Jeremy Monga for some time. Monga does not turn 16 until July but he has already been on the bench for the first team for the FA Cup tie at Manchester United in February. He is regarded as one of the best prospects ever to emerge from the Leicester academy and with Ruud van Nistelrooy's side apparently heading back to the Championship, many fans want to see the young man given his chance now. When his education allows, Monga trains with Leicester's first team, often on Thursdays. He was first asked to join the seniors by former Foxes boss Steve Cooper at the start of the season and Mail Sport understands he made an immediate impression. Where many young players will play it safe and simply try to avoid mistakes during these sessions, Monga expressed himself. A right-footed left winger who can also operate in other attacking roles, Monga would seek to take on his full back and take risks – just as he would in Leicester's junior ranks. He was confident around his elder colleagues and conducted himself as though he belonged. Leicester's academy has Category One status, ensuring it attracts high-level players and competition for spots once there is fierce. Those who watch academy football closely believe Leicester have plenty of players who will have professional careers. In a system like that, it is difficult enough for a 15-year-old to be selected for the Under-18 side, let alone the Under-21s. Not only has Monga forced his way into the Under-21s, he already has two goals and two assists in Premier League2, the top flight competition for developing players. Now for the difficult part. When a player as gifted as Monga, an England Under-16 international, takes his first steps at a club, it does not take long for word to circulate. Mail Sport understands Manchester City have been following him closely for some time, while Chelsea, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain have been moving in the background. As long ago as last summer, Leicester were fearful that their jewel might be taken from them before he could become a first-team regular. Players cannot sign a professional contract before they turn 17, and Monga will not reach that age until July 2026. Offers can, however, be made some time before that. If an Under-16 player wishes to move elsewhere, he must inform his club and the league in writing by no later than the first Saturday in June. Though rival clubs rarely make direct approaches in these cases, it is not difficult to ensure the target becomes aware of their interest: a discreet word in the right ear here, a quick conversation with an influential person there. Then there are the more brazen efforts. The trials, the invitations to Champions League matches for all the family, the tours of the training facilities and opportunities to meet the stars of the first-team squad. Not to mention the contract and salary on offer – once again, there are many ways to make sure those details find their way to the player and his family, without fingerprints. When a gifted youngster leaves a mid-ranking club for a wealthier, more successful one, the blame game from supporters on social media is inevitable. The player or his family are 'greedy'; the club are incompetent or unambitious for failing to keep him. Yet consider both sides. Which teenage footballer would not be tempted by a Champions League club? Which family would not consider financial offers that could change their lives? Similarly, is it really the fault of clubs at Leicester's level if they cannot always hang on to their best prospects when the elite are in the market, and with the rules as they are? Both at senior and junior level, the best players are attracted by the best clubs and those clubs will do everything in their power to ensure those wishes come true. Not that this is a guarantee of success. 'There are so many touch points for academy players,' an experienced youth coach told Mail Sport. 'There is football, school, their family, their friends. Then from a young age they are trying to get international recognition – that has a big effect on their confidence. 'The ones with the best chance of making it are the ones who are able to keep their lives very simple. Focus on school, focus on football. There are so many distractions at that age.' When they are trying to keep a coveted academy player, clubs end up treading on eggshells. Mail Sport has learned of academy coaches who are reprimanded by senior officials for giving these starlets a rollicking if they perform poorly or lack application. 'Whatever you do, don't upset them, or we'll have no chance of keeping them,' runs the general message. If the rest of the squad see certain players receiving preferential treatment, it can cause widespread resentment. For their part, Leicester want to avoid a repeat of Trey Nyoni's move to Liverpool in September 2023. Like Monga, Nyoni was one of the best talents in the Leicester academy but was persuaded to move to Anfield aged 16. Now 17, he has made 15 senior appearances for the Reds, with the compensation package due to Leicester still to be determined by a tribunal. 'Jeremy is a great talent that for me is a vital part of the future of this club,' Van Nistelrooy said in January. 'We're looking to start conversations to keep him at the club. It's important for me that that can work out. We're planning that. 'We're looking at his development, where he is now. He's 15, he's still in school, only on Thursdays is he available for training with us. So in that perspective, we have to see what's best for him, and the pathway to the first team and senior football. 'We are presenting to him our thoughts and my thoughts on him. I think very highly of him and want him to be part of the long-term future of this club. '(His talent's been noticed) by the whole world. That's why we have him with the first team where possible. That's why conversations with him and his family will start soon. 'I will of course be talking with him and his family, presenting him a pathway that we think is best to get him into the first team.' Clubs like Leicester want players like Monga to become stars of their first team, role models for their peers and heroes for their supporters. Ideally, they will generate tens of millions in transfer revenue one day. For the top clubs, the calculation is much colder: if one of the youngsters they sign breaks into the first team, brilliant. If a couple more do not quite make it but can be sold for a tidy sum, that's good too. The reality is, though, that the majority will not meet the required standard and have to rebuild their careers, when they are still very young. At the age of 15, having to make a decision that may shape a career is pretty tough. For Leicester and Monga, as for the many similar clubs and players across the world in similar situations, the outcome could have a huge impact on the future. For football's richest, however, the wheels keep on turning, as remorselessly as ever.

Yesterdays Results - Saturday 29th March Championship: Will Alves (6.2 + 1 assist - 64 mins) - Cardiff City 1-1 Sheff Wed Ben Nelson (7.5 - 90 mins) - Oxford United 1-2 Middlesbrough League Two: Brandon Cover (6.0 - 6 mins) - Fleetwood Town 4-2 MK Dons National League: Arjan Raikhy (unused sub) - Tamworth 2-0 Eastleigh National League North: Oli Ewing (1 goal - 90 mins) - Buxton 2-1 Needham Market Northern Premier League Premier Divison: Ben Grist (90 mins) - Worksop Town 4-1 Lancaster City - Worksop Town are guaranteed playoffs Scottish Prem: Tom Wilson-Brown (not in squad) - Kilmarnock 1-5 St Mirren

That should be a booking