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What’s Happening and How It Affects Leicester City 🛫 Overview of the Situation King Power Duty-Free, which owns Leicester City Football Club, is renegotiating its duty-free concessions with Airports of Thailand (AOT), amid a tourism slump, especially from China. King Power wants to cut its revenue-sharing obligations to 20% to stay profitable. AOT’s stock price fell over 4% due to fears of lost income (up to THB 9.9 billion/year). AOT might raise passenger fees or restructure operations to make up the shortfall. 💼 King Power Management Shake-up King Power has appointed Nitinai Sirismatthakarn as CEO (from June 4, 2025). He was previously President of AOTfor 8 years, giving him deep knowledge of Thailand’s airport business, making him an ideal negotiator during these talks. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (Leicester City chairman) has moved up to Group Executive Chairman, meaning he’ll now focus more on long-term strategy than day-to-day operations. ⚽ How This Affects Leicester City 1. Financial Implications If King Power secures a 20% revenue-sharing deal, it could: Preserve cash flow, making continued support of Leicester City more viable. Prevent the need for cost-cutting across the Group (which might otherwise include football operations). If negotiations fail or if King Power’s revenues decline further: Less money could be available for transfers, wages, or other investments in Leicester City. The club might need to become more self-sustaining or sell key players. 2. Leadership Shift Aiyawatt’s new role as Executive Chairman could: Reduce his hands-on involvement with Leicester City (day-to-day). Shift his focus to strategic oversight, possibly prioritising King Power’s recovery before heavy reinvestment in the club. ⏳ What to Watch Next Outcome of AOT–King Power negotiations (due by mid-July). AOT’s analyst meeting on June 16 may reveal how flexible they are. The impact of Thailand’s tourist recovery, especially from China, over the next 6–12 months. Let me know if you’d like a simplified version for fans, or a financial risk analysis from the club’s POV.

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Was just about to post this. Keep your time travel posts to football forum!!

I wonder if a chatbot can see the deleted posts?!

Missed it too; clicked a notification that said someone had quoted me but by the time the page loaded it had gone

Best we've done for a while

Still, 185 tho is a good innings.

I think that one might have been caused by me, either directly or someone replying to me

Bit niche but this one made me giggle:

Rudders, after already signing two disappointing Tottenham academy graduates:

If the UK banned immigration from the third world we'd have nobody coming from the USA.

Similar thing happened 5 years ago:

Speaking of whom, their first meeting is on Thursday. Just the one item on the agenda. Flags. https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/politics/council/reform-uks-policy-over-flags-flying-at-leicestershire-county-council-is-set-to-be-discussed-this-week-5167140

Thankfully we have Reform on the case 💪

Plenty of good resources like Keiran Maguire and Swiss Ramble; sadly they're on twitter so make sure you wear a hazmat suit when you go looking for them. Alternatively ChatGPT or Perplexity are quite good for finding them instantly.

Neither league can touch us for 22/23.

It would increase their wealth and power exponentially. Competition would be even more impossible than it already is. Clubs outside the Super League would go bankrupt.

Warra surprise https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/09/north-of-england-lost-out-on-140bn-for-transport-in-decade-of-deceit-study "The East Midlands fared even worse, with an average of £355 per person spent – less than a third of that received by London."

How many times do I have to say it? The club has made horrific mistakes on players. Huge amounts of money wasted. PSR restricts the club's ability to fix those mistakes. Our decline has been fully controlled by the Premier League and the EFL since 2021.

No, that was this muppet: vidu-video-2792861294042111.mp4

Are people understanding it yet? We have been in an existential downwards spiral ever since the Super League collapsed just before we won the FA Cup. The club has been run poorly and have made terrible mistakes. But the evidence that the Premier League is attempting to destroy us is palpable. We're being destroyed in real time by a a demonstrably corrupt league.

Big Sam’s available.