Leicester City ranked among Europe's most valuable clubs

[coolhandfox]

11 minutes ago, Beechey said:

Very true indeed, but Man City were competing in Europe semi-regularly (nothing like other big teams though) before the oil money started flowing, we need to get to that position of qualifying for Europa/CL on a semi-regular basis as well. We've taken our first steps for sure.

 

Not really they only hit European football on a regular basis from 2009/10, since 2010/11 its been CL all the way.

 

The last time they qualified for Europe before that it was as way back as 2004.

 

Adu Dhabi Group brought them in 2008.

 

2009/2010	Premier League	5
2008/2009	Premier League	10
2007/2008	Premier League	9
2006/2007	Premier League	14
2005/2006	Premier League	15
2004/2005	Premier League	8
2003/2004	Premier League	16
2002/2003	Premier League	9

Edited 23 May 2018 by coolhandfox

[RumbleFox]

4 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

But according to a number of lcfc fans, we should be greatful for being in the PL and happy with the odd top half finish.

 

Think so time, you will always be small time!

 

Think big, dream big! 

And according to others we are shite and our owners are shit and we are failing.  Go figure?  X

[KingsX]

That is Whelan's, and most of Rudkin's, report card right there.  Don't expect regime change very soon.

[coolhandfox]

 

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

It's all about trophies, not money.

 

Players don't now sign for Manchester City because they've got lots of money, it's because they actually win domestic trophies and the league. 

But the guys who got the ball rolling like Tevez, Robinho, Adebayor, Yaya didn't sign for trophies, it was money, with out the money they wouldn't be where they are now. 

 

Money = Trophies  

 

 

Edited 23 May 2018 by coolhandfox

[Fightforever]

4 hours ago, mozartfox said:

Can we buy Derby now as our feeder Club?

Buy forest and derby terminate all their players contracts and give them a transfer budget of 10 quid. And turn their stadiums into LCFC monuments and make them play at their local park.

[ZeGuy]

7 hours ago, Bayfox said:

Excellent, now if i can just muster up £3 billion I can buy Barca and Leicester  

I'll help. Here £20.

 

I want a place in the executive board, an office with the view on the KP, a season ticket for life in the VIP box and the right not to be there when there is an important board meeting.

 

Signed: J.R.

Edited 23 May 2018 by ZeGuy

[st albans fox]

The value of the club takes into account all it’s assets. One of the reasons for arsenal being worth so much is the value of the land that the emirates sits upon and also the training ground in colney. Similar for Chelsea and spurs. also need to note that the perceived value of the playing staff is included in those figures. If we sell Riyad and don’t replace him with a twenty mill player and the profit isn’t retained within the club then the value of the club would drop a bit. 

[Izzy]

Napoli (€518m), AC Milan (€514m) and Inter Milan (€491m) are all lower down the list than Leicester.

 

Still can't get my nut around that.

 

Incredible really when you think where we once were...

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

To think we almost folded a few years ago!

[dynamark]

Was it KPMG who signed off the accounts of Carrillion  ?

Villains in suits

[ARTY_FOX]

11 hours ago, MrSpaM said:

Interestingly, Vichai Raksriaksorn was worth about 130 million when he bought us in 2010, he's now worth 3.5 billion

I think I need to get into the Thai duty free business if that's true... 

[Pete from the USA]

13 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

But according to a number of lcfc fans, we should be greatful for being in the PL and happy with the odd top half finish.

 

Think small time, you will always be small time!

 

Think big, dream big! 

 

As a bandwagon fan who only learned about the Premiere League by watching Leicester in 2025-2016, I can vouch that you have a humongous global fan base of dorks like me tuning in every week to find out what happens next. I even bought a Leicester shirt on Amazon to wear when I play football in the park. I guess not all the local fans know about this.

[HankMarvin]

 

1 hour ago, Pete from the USA said:

As a bandwagon fan who only learned about the Premiere League by watching Leicester in 2025-2016, I can vouch that you have a humongous global fan base of dorks like me tuning in every week to find out what happens next. I even bought a Leicester shirt on Amazon to wear when I play football in the park. I guess not all the local fans know about this.

 

[sylofox]

20 hours ago, Fox92 said:

It's all about trophies, not money.

 

Players don't now sign for Manchester City because they've got lots of money, it's because they actually win domestic trophies and the league. 

How wrong is that.

So all the top players signed for Chelsea and Man C for trophies even though neither club had won one for years.

 

No they signed for a huge wage increase. Or do you think Mahrez would sign for Man C to get paid £30k a week.

 

Winning trophies helps but it's all about the money.

[Stevosevic]

5 minutes ago, sylofox said:

How wrong is that.

So all the top players signed for Chelsea and Man C for trophies even though neither club had won one for years.

 

No they signed for a huge wage increase. Or do you think Mahrez would sign for Man C to get paid £30k a week.

 

Winning trophies helps but it's all about the money.

It's all about the money if every player is going to be paid well and can therefore build a strong squad. That's what happened at Chelsea and Man City.

 

If Leicester offered a wage increase to Messi but the rest of the squad remained unchanged, he wouldn't join as we wouldn't win trophies.

[sylofox]

1 hour ago, Stevosevic said:

It's all about the money if every player is going to be paid well and can therefore build a strong squad. That's what happened at Chelsea and Man City.

 

If Leicester offered a wage increase to Messi but the rest of the squad remained unchanged, he wouldn't join as we wouldn't win trophies.

My point was its money first then trophies. City didn't have players thinking it was a dream move. Then the money arrived and so did the players.

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, sylofox said:

My point was its money first then trophies. City didn't have players thinking it was a dream move. Then the money arrived and so did the players.

When Man City first got money I imagined they outlined they wanted to challenge Man Utd and Chelsea. Their first big signings weren’t World Class players (aside from Robinho and eventually Tevez).

 

If it was so easy to throw money at it then most PL clubs would be pulling in Muller, Messi and Ronaldo. But they don’t.

[sylofox]

10 hours ago, Fox92 said:

When Man City first got money I imagined they outlined they wanted to challenge Man Utd and Chelsea. Their first big signings weren’t World Class players (aside from Robinho and eventually Tevez).

 

If it was so easy to throw money at it then most PL clubs would be pulling in Muller, Messi and Ronaldo. But they don’t.

Tevez is a great  call. He joined city for money and what he was sold. That just backs up my point. Man u tons of pots City none but money.

[Heathrow fox]

On 24/05/2018 at 00:03, Gerbold said:

For me it's a fairly interesting but really quite meaningless assessment of relative value. The only real arbiter of worth is table position and Cups victories. We're no better or worse than AC or Inter - and the fact that they share the San Siro effectively halves their respective worths (as well as their costs). I don't believe that many City fans are stating that we, the fans, should be grateful for our position in the Prem. I think there's a caucus of fans who still are dwelling in Filbo -  thinking of the Club as yo-yo and under-dogs. The Club now has the wealth to go out and hire, the likes of Pereira, with him preferring to play for CIty in stead of a 'bigger' club and for a not insignificant amount of money.

His arrival is probably the most meaningful yet in this era -  more so than Slimani etc. - because, in spite of opinion to the contrary, great teams are built on great defences (not to diminidh what happened two seasons ago). Hopefully, that coup will have the effect of posting City's intention to grow as a club of significance. Srivaddhanaprabha strikes me as a bloke who does think big - and once the pieces of the jigsaw are in place (hopefully), then the 'machine' can continue to function without the need to concern itself overmuch on where the next Mahrez, Vardy or Kante is to be found. They'll find City!

 

Great point just a little worrying that the Portuguese league is a bit inferior to the prem.This might seem daft but Andy Impey was a similar signing,at the time it was the first signing from a comfortably placed top flight team for ages.Ok he was a Westham squad player and not everybody’s favourite on here but it showed we were going in the right direction.We got out moneys worth out of him.Harry Redknapp got the right hump about that one

[coolhandfox]

On 24/05/2018 at 11:42, Fox92 said:

When Man City first got money I imagined they outlined they wanted to challenge Man Utd and Chelsea. Their first big signings weren’t World Class players (aside from Robinho and eventually Tevez).

 

If it was so easy to throw money at it then most PL clubs would be pulling in Muller, Messi and Ronaldo. But they don’t.

It’s not easy because you have to throw a lot at it, most club don’t have enough.

 

But It seems pretty successful for Chelsea and Man City, all brought themselves into the big time. 

 

As you said not all of City signings were world class, however signing the like of Tevez and Robinho maybe people view them in a different way.

 

 

 

 

[MC Prussian]

Waiting for people to (falsely) claim again that we're the 15th richest club in the world.

 

It's a KPMG evaluation and not accurate.

Still makes for a nice read, mind.

[Wymsey]

We're 53rd according to this:

https://www.euroclubindex.com

[fuchsntf]

On 24/05/2018 at 11:17, sylofox said:

How wrong is that.

So all the top players signed for Chelsea and Man C for trophies even though neither club had won one for years.

 

No they signed for a huge wage increase. Or do you think Mahrez would sign for Man C to get paid £30k a week.

 

Winning trophies helps but it's all about the money.

Shame,...but so very true. It does however mean,that the PL " also rans" because of that payments Scale,

Can entice,from a Pool of quality unknown,or Young Potentials,that See a Chance to get their feet onto

the First rungs of the ladder.

But,and the bigest but of this PL era,you need clever,experienced and football-street-wise recruiting staff.

Then the Same Ingredient for the Coaching and Team-Management staff.

 

So far,in the Last 10-12 years,many Clubs have found good individuals,but Not Seen too much in

quality Squad growth, Newcastle,W.Ham,Stoke,Everton,Palace have Dipped their toes,that way.

Southampton,did it over 5-8 seasons,then found their cream,being consistently & quickly whipped away.

 

Leicester had that build and successfull Period,that delivered the title,which could still lead to a more

Moderate success.Burnley delved and Dipped,Into that lower Range,and so far still living Off smart investment.

 

Like Manutd,Leicester had more than a fair few of mishits,or kept Patience,with Young,foreign "wanna-bees"

Comparisons....Manutd can afford to have yearly continual mishits,Mixed with Solid buys,Short time wise buys

Leicester simply cant....neither can other Teams,outside top 6.

 

Though even now,I would Support them having a Short Period of a 2nd Chance,

Musa,Slimani and a few other Fringe hopefulls ,indifference of age, IMO should be moved on.

Though our financial Potential,should Allow us for awhile to Keep faith in the Likes of,

Choudry,Barnes,Amartey,Gray,Chilwell,Elliot Moore,and still offer Jaku an extended contract.

 

I await in anticipation ,trepidation, still  with Hope like many other fox  Fans of mature years,

that our Club can use, not abuse or fail miserabley,  this value/Financial  advantage,we are

Presently and Proudly experiencing.