Brown Nose

Jetro Willems?

1. He's a Frankfurt player

2. He's a left back

3. He's available for transfer and relatively cheap

I expect that they're ensuring that they can include the income in their 19/20 accounts.  If they wait until 1st June to offer refunds, it will show in next years accounts.

With the massive outlay for the training ground showing in this set of accounts, things may be tight.

Any player wanting a secure Premier League club would be wise to choose Stoke over us.  After all, they have a settled squad proven at this level with an experienced Premier League manager.  We don't.

However, anyone picking one of either Leicester or Stoke to be most likely to make the step up from being one of the 7th-17th mass of clubs to being one genuinely capable of competing for a European spot or a trophy would be wise to choose Leicester.  With our finances and the ambition of our owners, we are just more equipped than Stoke.  However. we're not there yet and it could take us a few years before we are.

N'Zonzi ought to feel that he's done his apprenticeship as a player now and wants to take a step up.  Frankly, if he's got any sense he'll leave Stoke and not join Leicester either.  He can do better than both clubs right now.