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https://sportwitness.co.uk/especially-leicester-foxes-make-contact-sign-rwanda-international-deal-sealed-e5m/ ‘Especially Leicester’ – Foxes make contact to sign Rwanda international, deal could be sealed for €5m By Naveen Ullal -29th June 2024 SHARE Leicester City are one of the clubs in the picture to sign Standard Liège’s Hakim Sahabo in the summer window, according to a report from Belgium. The 19-year-old joined the Belgian club last summer, and after initially being part of their youth team, he was given opportunities in the first team. He finished his debut season with 18 appearances for the Jupiler Pro League side. According to L’Avenir, the midfielder has attracted interest from Eintracht Frankfurt, TSG Hoffenheim and ‘especially Leicester’. It’s claimed the Foxes have made contact with Standard Liège to ask about the player’s situation, but haven’t made an official offer so far. Standard Liège would like to retain the Rwanda international. If there’s an interesting offer, the report claims the Belgian club are likely to find it difficult to retain the player, who has a deal that lasts until 2026, with an option for another year. In that case, L’Avenir claim Standard Liège would hope to earn €5m plus bonuses for the midfielder. Leicester have already made contact and have been told the fee Standard Liège are aiming for to sell Sahabo this summer.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-transfer-fotis-ioannidis-9377134 Leicester City ready 'to shake the bank' in transfer fight for £21m striker Celtic, Ipswich Town, Lille and Sporting Lisbon have all been linked with the Panathinaikos striker already this summer ByPeter Smith 10:39, 29 JUN 2024UPDATED11:06, 29 JUN 2024 Fotis Ioannidis, seen in action for Greece, has been linked with a transfer from Panathinaikos this summer. (Image: VANO SHLAMOV/AFP via Getty Images) Leicester City have joined a hotly-contested transfer chase for Panathinaikos striker Fotis Ioannidis, according to reports in Greece. Centre-forward Ioannidis, aged 24, has been linked with a big money move this summer after scoring 23 times last season, far and away the most prolific campaign of his career to date. Links have come thick and fast, with reports that Bologna, Lille, Sporting Lisbon and Celtic, as well as Fulham and West Ham, have all shown serious interest in the 11-time capped Greece international. It is Premier League newcomers Ipswich Town who have seemed at the front of the chase in the last fortnight or so, with claims that bids of around £19m and £21m have been rejected. Now new reports from Greece claim a further bid which would "shake the bank in the air" could tempt Panathinaikos to loosen their grip on the striker, who was linked with Nottingham Forest before Steve Cooper's time in charge there. And it's Leicester who are said to be working out if they can afford to make it happen this summer. SDNA report: "Another club from the Premier League is focusing on the Panathinaikos bomber and all that this will entail. Leicester are carefully and thoroughly examining all data on Ioannidis and whether it is possible to buy him in the current transfer window. "It should be noted that the Foxes got a live taste of the Greek ace during the last season, personally checking his performances and saving his name in their agenda."

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/leicesters-free-beer-festival-brew-9363098 Leicester's free beer festival Brew Beat to return this summer ByLee GarrettReporter 12:12, 28 JUN 2024 Find things to do A free craft beer and cocktail festival is returning to Leicester this summer. Organisers say the vibrant event will showcase the city at its best and bring in thousands of visitors. The Brew Beat festival will return over three days at Leicester’s Jubilee Square next month in a celebration of craft beer, cocktails, live music and more. The family friendly event, which is running for the fourth time, attracted more than 7,000 people last year, with organisers hoping to bring in even more this time round. The free-to-attend event will have its drinks supplied by this year’s partner, The Real Ale Classroom, who are set to bring a wide range of craft beers, cocktails, gins, alcoholic slushies, mocktails and soft drinks to the event. Ian Martin, co-owner of The Real Ale Classroom, said: “The range and quality of craft beer available has exploded in recent years and we are really looking forward to showcasing a diverse selection of beer styles from some of the finest craft brewers in Britain. I believe there is a beer to suit all tastes and a beer festival is wonderful way to try new beers and give your tastebuds a treat.” Brew Beat is funded by BID Leicester and has support from sponsors including De Montfort University, PPL PRS and Octopus Energy. It is also a partnership effort with three Leicester businesses as Arch Creative and HQ Recording have worked alongside the Real Ale Classroom to bring the event to life this year. The festival is not just about booze either as it will be a musical showcase of all genres. The acts, which are yet to be confirmed, will feature both Leicestershire artists and others from further afield to bring a great backing track to the event. Simon Jenner, BID Leicester Director said: “This year will see a huge range of musical talent, craft beers and tasty food from Leicester and far beyond, with something for everyone to enjoy. “The festival will be a vibrant showcase of what Leicester has to offer, helping to drive footfall into the city centre. We expect this year to see the summer out in true Brew Beat style, which is always a lot of fun.” Brew Beat will take place at Leicester’s Jubilee Square from Friday, August 30 to Sunday, September 1, with music running until 10pm on Friday and Saturday and 7pm on Sunday. The festival will operate on an one-in, one-out policy once capacity is reached. Full details on vendors and entertainment will be announced in due course. More information can be found on the Brew Beat website.

The local homeowners' association sent this homeowner a letter saying that they need to have a fence blocking their trash cans from view.

Leicester Memories Kevin Crowe · 27 m · A photograph of Inmates sewing mailbags, in Welford Road Prison, Leicester taken in 1965 A photograph of a prisoner knocking lumps out of the Prison bed stuffing so that it can be reused. Taken at Leicester Prison 1965.

Football World ZM · Follow 2 d · || How much are managers getting paid in international football? |By David Skilling| Here is a comprehensive list of the wages for every Euro 2024 manager, based on the available data: 1. Gareth Southgate (England) - £4.9 million 2. Julian Nagelsmann (Germany) - £4 million 3. Roberto Martinez (Portugal) - £3.4 million 4. Didier Deschamps (France) - £3.2 million 5. Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) - £2.5 million 6. Luciano Spalletti (Italy) - £2.5 million 7. Vincenzo Montella (Turkey) - £1.5 million 8. Murat Yakin (Switzerland) - £1.4 million 9. Ralf Rangnick (Austria) - £1.3 million 10. Domenico Tedesco (Belgium) - £1.3 million 11. Zlatko Dalic (Croatia) - £1.3 million 12. Dragan Stojkovic (Serbia) - £1.2 million 13. Luis de la Fuente (Spain) - £1 million 14. Serhiy Rebrov (Ukraine) - £1 million 15. Kasper Hjulmand (Denmark) - £970,000 16. Sylvinho (Albania) - £632,000 17. Michal Probierz (Poland) - £472,000 18. Steve Clarke (Scotland) - £464,000 19. Francesco Calzona (Slovakia) - £455,000 18. Steve Clarke (Scotland) - £484,000 19. Francesco Calzona (Slovakia) - £455,000 20. Marco Rossi (Hungary) - £253,000 21. Matjaz Kek (Slovenia) - £253,000 22. Ivan Hasek (Czech Republic) - £210,000 23. Edward Iordanescu (Romania) - £202,000 24. Willy Sagnol (Georgia) - £168,000 The EURO's isn't the only competition underway at the moment, how does the Copa America compare? Copa America 2024 Managers' Wages: 1. Marcelo Bielsa (Uruguay) - $4 million 2. Dorival Junior (Brazil) - $4 million 3. Ricardo Gareca (Chile) - $3.7 million 4. Daniel Garnero (Paraguay) - $3 million 5. Fernando Batista (Venezuela) - $3 million 6. Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) - $2.6 million 7. Gregg Berhalter (USA) - $2.2 million As you can see, managers of national teams can earn good salaries, however, the scale from top to bottom is quite significant. It's not a bad living for a role that is far less intense than daily management of a club, however, if they underperform, they get a whole country on their back, so there's that to deal with. Note: these are the salaries they get in total for the whole year

For a year before Chelsea et al come knocking. With the current state of football no "poor" club has any future long stay players.

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When Leicester used to get a lot of '1st' Leicester Memories Kevin Crowe · 6 m · over 2000 people turned up to see Sid James open a new branch of Tesco in Leicester in 1961 and police had to control the crowds.

I really dont remember this guy at all. Just popped up on my Facebook page Derek Dawkins

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https://www.lcfc.com/news/4045894/former-player-remembers-larry-may-part-one/featured Centre-back Larry May was a crowd-favourite at Filbert Street as the 1970s became the ‘80s. ByJohn Hutchinson Speaking over a two-part interview with Club Historian John Hutchinson, Larry explains his Foxes journey, which involved two promotions, playing in the old First Division and reaching an FA Cup Semi-Final, as well as several injuries. After making his debut for City as an 18-year-old in the top-flight in March 1977, May went on to make over 200 league and cup appearances until he left Filbert Street in August 1983. At Leicester, he was hugely popular with the Foxes faithful and the fans were shocked and surprised when he left in August 1983, a move he came to regret. Born in Sutton Coldfield on Boxing Bay in 1958, Larry came to Leicester as a 16-year-old, becoming an apprentice at Filbert Street and would begin his professional career at the Club. Thinking back, Larry said: “Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion wanted me as well, but I’d been on a couple of trials at Leicester and I wanted to go there. I stayed in digs there in a big house on Aylestone Road where the apprentices used to stay. It was too far to travel from home to Leicester every day. I liked it there and we had a bit of fun. “Other apprentices in the house were Tommy Williams, Peter Welsh, Trevor Christie and Steve Bicknell. Most of us joined at the same sort of time, although I think Tommy was already there. He's a little bit older than me. We’d get changed at the stadium and the minibus would take us to Belvoir Drive for training. We all played in the same youth team, managed by George Dewis (an ex-Leicester centre-forward). “When I was 17, I signed as a professional, and I got £25 a week as opposed to £8 as an apprentice. I managed to get myself a little car and drove in from Sutton Coldfield every day. I’d loved my youth team days. Then I ended up training with the First Team, but we didn’t lose friendship or anything like that. “The Manager when I first went to Leicester was Jimmy Bloomfield and I could tell he rated me because, when I was only 18, he gave me my First Team debut at Bristol City. He could’ve played others who had played more reserve games than me. “It was a 0-0 draw. It wasn’t a great game, but I was quite happy because I played well, and we didn’t concede. Me and Alan Woollett were the two centre-backs that day. Dennis Rofe and Steve Whitworth were the full-backs.” At the end of the season, in May 1977, Bloomfield left Leicester despite the team finishing 11th in the old First Division. He was replaced by the ex-Leicester City, Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers star, Frank McLintock. “You hope that when a new Manager comes in, he likes you as a player,” Larry continued. “When Frank McLintock came in, I liked him. He quite fancied me as a player and he picked me for the First Team a few times. “Many years later, when I was working for Surrey County FA, I met him at a function and he told me: ‘When I was Manager at Leicester, I told the Board of Directors that the Club had three decent players. These included Larry May and Tommy Williams’. It was a nice thing for him to say.” That season (1977/78), after six seasons in the top flight, City were relegated. Larry was injured, went on loan to the USA, and then suffered another serious injury. “After I’d injured the cartilage in my right knee with about three months of the season to go, Frank McLintock suggested as part of my recovery I should go to America to play for the New England Tea Men in Boston,” he explained. “I wondered if he was trying to get rid of me but he said it would be a good experience, and that I’d get more money too. “At that time, America was developing football and older English players were going out there, but they also wanted some younger players, so I went to get myself some more games after my knee was fixed. I played about four games and then I damaged my other knee, my left knee. I damaged my cruciate ligament on the astroturf. In those days, the old astroturf was like concrete. We stayed up and, the next year, we won the Second Division title. Larry May “I was out there, on my own with a Plaster of Paris cast right up my leg with my knee bent. I wondered if I was ever going to play again. It was serious. In those days, they weren’t really sure how to fix a cruciate but luckily the medical centre at Boston was one of the best in the world and they managed to repair my knee and I was able to play again. “When I got back to Leicester, they had a new Manager, Jock Wallace. It was pre-season, but I was still injured and needed to do rehab. Quite early in the season though I started playing in reserve games. My knee was still giving me a bit of trouble, but I thought I just had to try and persevere and keep persevering. “Then Jock Wallace picked me (in September) to play alongside Steve Sims in the First Team. My knee was still hurting but I did alright because then I hardly missed a game for the rest of the season. That season, Jock Wallace started to play a lot of young players, like myself, Tommy Williams, Mick Duffy, Dave Buchanan, Pete Welsh and Gary Lineker. “We were towards the bottom of the Second Division and I remember we had to go to Notts County and I think we won 1-0 and that really helped us to stay up. I remember going to that game thinking: ‘We’ve got to win this one!’ We stayed up and, the next year, we won the Second Division title.” In that title winning season (1979/80), three players played in every game: goalkeeper Mark Wallington, Larry at centre-back and new signing Alan Young at centre-forward. Thinking back, Larry continued: “Mark never got injured. I always think a good side needs a good goalkeeper, a good centre-back and a good centre-forward. You can build your team around that. I played alongside (Northern Ireland international centre-back) John O’Neill. “He was a good solid player. He used to head, tackle and defend. We liked defending. It’s a bit different now with centre-backs. Its more about passing the ball around. I could play the ball round a bit, but we did like to defend! “We had a good run towards the end of the season (winning eight and drawing one of the last 10 games). If I remember rightly, we were promoted anyway before the last game at Orient but, by winning that last game 1-0, when I was lucky enough to score the goal, we won the championship. “I’ll always remember that game. There were thousands of Leicester fans on the M1 going to Orient for the game. I think we took something like 8,000 to 10,000, if I remember rightly. As players, we were all up for the game which was a tense one. “I scored when a free-kick on the right-hand side reached me at the back post and I got my foot to it. A lot of people thought I'd headed it, but I didn't. I actually got my foot to it at the back post and slid it in along the ground. “The whole stadium went mad. It was one of the best days of my life. Winning the title and getting back to the First Division was a team effort. Great, great memories! It was great to be part of that really. After the game, all of our fans were on the pitch celebrating. It was absolutely brilliant.” In part two of this interview, Larry talks about playing in the First Division, doing the double over league champions Liverpool, who won the European Cup that year, playing against the best players in England, getting relegated, starring in the 1982 FA Cup Semi-Final and then getting promoted again. He goes on to explain why he left Leicester City, going on to play for Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday and Brighton & Hove Albion. He concludes by talking about his career in football after he finished playing.

We jest but for how long before it's reality.

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Flexible sounds like something we should adopt to minimise the affect on holiday costs even more so with the weather being so variable.

There seems to be a lot of school age kids in the stadiums are they on holiday or just missing school?

Physicist Page · Follow 1 d · A Swiss aerospace company has unveiled the SiriusJet, a revolutionary luxury VTOL aircraft powered by hydrogen. Refueling for maximum range costs a mere $500. The aircraft features 28 ducted fans, including 20 along the wings and 8 in the canard, each powered by an electric motor, minimizing noise to less than 60 dB. This 3-seater aircraft boasts an impressive range of 1150 miles (1850 km), far surpassing typical electric eVTOLs. The SiriusJet offers a pressurized cabin, zero emissions, and a top speed of 323 mph (520 km/h), reaching altitudes of 30,000 feet. It takes off and lands like a helicopter but flies as fast as an airplane, making it a game-changer in the aviation industry.

They belong to the council now and have done for some time. BBC - Leicester City Council bought Hospital Close in 2021 after the estate was virtually abandoned two years before.

i believe we could meet the Netherlands next

Gareth Southgate is the only manager in the world who could take the Bundesliga top scorer, La Liga player of the season and the EPL player of the season, and pick a system that makes all three completely ineffective.

Clappers v Safe Standing - In your dreams I think the flags are worse than the clappers they are pointless and add nothing at least the clappers allow fans they can't or don't sing like kids and older people to contribute to the noise.

Imagine having to pay $65 for parking after spending $300+ per ticket for a Copa América match between the USMNT and Bolivia… The price of soccer in the United States

American Tomas David Hood · Follow 1 d · Kilroy Was Here. WHO WAS KILROY? He is engraved in stone in the National War Memorial in Washington, DC- back in a small alcove where very few people have seen it. For the WWII generation, this will bring back memories. For you younger folks, it's a bit of trivia that is a part of our American history. Anyone born in 1913 to about 1950, is familiar with Kilroy. No one knew why he was so well known-but everybody seemed to get into it. So who was Kilroy? In 1946, the American Transit Association, through its radio program, "Speak to America ," sponsored a nationwide contest to find the real Kilroy, offering a prize of a real trolley car to the person who could prove himself to be the genuine article. Almost 40 men stepped forward to make that claim, but only James Kilroy from Halifax, Massachusetts, had evidence of his identity. 'Kilroy' was a 46-year old shipyard worker during the war who worked as a checker at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. His job was to go around & check on the number of rivets completed. Riveters were on piecework & got paid by the rivet. He would count a block of rivets & put a check mark in semi-waxed lumber chalk, so the rivets wouldn't be counted twice. When Kilroy went off duty, the riveters would erase the mark. Later on, an off-shift inspector would come through & count the rivets a second time, resulting in double pay for the riveters. One day Kilroy's boss called him into his office. The foreman was upset about all the wages being paid to riveters, & asked him to investigate. It was then he realized what had been going on. The tight spaces he had to crawl in to check the rivets didn't lend themselves to lugging around a paint can & brush, so Kilroy decided to stick with the waxy chalk. He continued to put his check mark on each job he inspected, but added 'KILROY WAS HERE' in king-sized letters next to the check,& eventually added the sketch of the chap with the long nose peering over the fence & that became part of the Kilroy message. Once he did that, the riveters stopped trying to wipe away his marks. Ordinarily the rivets & chalk marks would have been covered up with paint. With the war on, however, ships were leaving the Quincy Yard so fast that there wasn't time to paint them. As a result, Kilroy's inspection "trademark" was seen by thousands of servicemen who boarded the troopships the yard produced. His message apparently rang a bell with the servicemen, because they picked it up & spread it all over Europe & the South Pacific. Before war's end, "Kilroy" had been here, there, & every where on the long hauls to Berlin & Tokyo. To the troops outbound in those ships, however, he was a complete mystery; all they knew for sure was that someone named Kilroy had "been there first." As a joke, U.S. servicemen began placing the graffiti wherever they landed, claiming it was already there when they arrived. Kilroy became the U.S. super-GI who had always "already been" wherever GIs went. It became a challenge to place the logo in the most unlikely places imaginable (it is said to be atop Mt. Everest, the Statue of Liberty, the underside of the Arc de Triomphe, & even scrawled in the dust on the moon). As the war went on, the legend grew. Underwater demolition teams routinely sneaked ashore on Japanese-held islands in the Pacific to map the terrain for coming invasions by U.S. troops (& thus, presumably, were the first GI's there). On one occasion, however, they reported seeing enemy troops painting over the Kilroy logo! In 1945, an outhouse was built for the exclusive use of Roosevelt, Stalin, & Churchill at the Potsdam conference. Its first occupant was Stalin, who emerged & asked his aide (in Russian), "Who is Kilroy?" To help prove his authenticity in 1946, James Kilroy brought along officials from the shipyard & some of the riveters. He won the trolley car, which he gave to his nine children as a Christmas gift & set it up as a playhouse in the Kilroy yard in Halifax, Massachusetts. and the tradition continues ...

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