Club Finances

[lfu]

(Is this the right thread for this?)

£5.866m on agent fees between 04/02/25–02/02/26. Third-most in the Championship but half of what Ipswich spent and a lot lower than Soton as well, Shef Utd not too far behind.

Year before we spent £9,824,219

https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/apr/01/agent-fees-and-transactions

Edited 1 April by lfu

[Tiny earl]

Seems rather a lot,I think we’ve only signed 4loan players in that period!

unless we have to pay agents when we sell players, surely not.

[volpeazzurro]

14 minutes ago, lfu said:

(Is this the right thread for this?)

£5.866m on agent fees between 04/02/25–02/02/26. Third-most in the Championship but half of what Ipswich spent and a lot lower than Soton as well, Shef Utd not too far behind.

Year before we spent £9,824,219

https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/apr/01/agent-fees-and-transactions

You wouldn’t mind if we’d bought anyone decent but would you pay £5m for any of the actual players themselves now?

[Pita]

23 hours ago, WoodyFox said:

So what happens on the next set of accounts to the clubs who have already sold womens teams/stadiums/hotels/training grounds to themselves?

Buy them back very cheap and resell them 

[Terraloon]

50 minutes ago, Tiny earl said:

Seems rather a lot,I think we’ve only signed 4loan players in that period!

unless we have to pay agents when we sell players, surely not.

Have to pay agents for just about everything and yes that includes selling players.

 

Interestingly there were actually 5 loans in

Carranza whose  agent was also paid to deal with a loan recall

James

Aribo

Mukasa

Richards

 

Lascelles was a new registration. In effect signed as a free agent. The point being even a free agent there will be a sum to be amortised 

 

Edited 1 April by Terraloon
Correct

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, lfu said:

(Is this the right thread for this?)

£5.866m on agent fees between 04/02/25–02/02/26. Third-most in the Championship but half of what Ipswich spent and a lot lower than Soton as well, Shef Utd not too far behind.

Year before we spent £9,824,219

https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/apr/01/agent-fees-and-transactions

Am I going insane here, how have we spent £5m on agent fees when we didn't sign anyone for a fee during that period? 

[UniFox21]

5 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Am I going insane here, how have we spent £5m on agent fees when we didn't sign anyone for a fee during that period? 

Imagine loan fees with agents involved, probably selling/loaning players and any extensions we've done all have agents take cuts 

[ramboacdc]

How the hell do you sell your own stadium to yourself? 

[Corky]

4 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

How the hell do you sell your own stadium to yourself? 

No idea but the EFL don't allow it and I don't believe UEFA accept it either.

 

Just the Premier League and their half arsed and selective rules.

[Katy]

Modern football is the absolute pits. Players, agents, the Premier League. All complicit in ruining the fairly simple process of kicking a ball about by turning it into a money making exercise. Hate it. 

[Paninistickers]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Am I going insane here, how have we spent £5m on agent fees when we didn't sign anyone for a fee during that period? 

It's part the KP - Betting Company - Forex - Crypto MO.

 

....Money in, money out 

[Terraloon]

 

 

One thing I think we can all agree is that there won’t be any PL for Leicester as a result of the 25/26 season. Pretty obvious I know but at this point It is still a possibility that in 26/27 the club could be plying its trade in either the Championship or indeed EFL 1.

 

What I have tried to do is get some sort of handle on what the 25/26numbers will look like particularly as the Trust were fed the line about PSR compliance when we see the 25/26 numbers.

 

At seasons ended there is a window of circa a month for transfers out to put some positive numbers into the accounts but the question for me who the players are who will add those extra £s to the coffers.

 

I was asked the other day what I think the current seasons numbers will be so I will have a go. Please bear in mind the issue I believe the major concern going into 26/27 will probably be cash flow .

 

25/26

Income

In accounting terms we know that there parachute payments will probably contribute, before transfer profits, of  around 50-55% of overall income. In 25/26 I would imagine that the total will be very close to the 23/24number of £105m. Transfer profit ( not fees received) is around £40m. So £145m 

 

Ependiture

It’s difficult to get any real lead as to the total wage expenditure. Initially I was working on around £100m. class 1 Nic has added significantly to all entities costs. However more from hope than evidence I am estimating that the wage numbers for this season will be £85m ish.

 

Other operating costs will continue to grow irrespective of which league. One snippet I thought was interesting was that energy consumption continues to grow and as we also know so will things like business rates. My guess would be the numbers for other operating costs will grow to about £27 m

 

We won’t see the sort of numbers in respect of amortisation but as a minimum I would imagine the accounting costs in 25/26 in respect of  transfers in will be between £40-£50 m

 

Finally, one area which we need to keep an eye on will be interest paid. The costs that have to be shelled out to that Aussie bank is growing like Topsy. They don’t charge 2-3% when they lend money indeed you are looking at closer to 8% . If the £40m 26/27  parachute payment for instance has already been drawn down the interest on that sum alone could amount to £3+ m. I think that interest payments alone will be between £10-£12m

 

When you add back  circa £25 m in  it’s around  between £5-10 m so let’s estimate + £7.5m

 

But as I say it’s the cash flow that for me is the red flag.
 

Things in PSR compliance (£6+ 23/24 £45- in 24/25 and £7.5) £31m ish against allowable of £61m so yes I can see compliance for 25/26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 April by Terraloon

[ClaphamFox]

1 hour ago, Terraloon said:

 

 

One thing I think we can all agree is that there won’t be any PL for Leicester as a result of the 25/26 season. Pretty obvious I know but at this point It is still a possibility that in 26/27 the club could be plying its trade in either the Championship or indeed EFL 1.

 

What I have tried to do is get some sort of handle on what the 25/26numbers will look like particularly as the Trust were fed the line about PSR compliance when we see the 25/26 numbers.

 

At seasons ended there is a window of circa a month for transfers out to put some positive members into the accounts but the question for me who the players are who will add those extra £s to the coffers.

 

I was asked the other day what I think the current seasons numbers will be so I will have a go. Please bear in mind the issue I believe the major concern going into 26/27 will probably be cash flow .

 

25/26

Income

In accounting terms we know that there parachute payments will probably contribute, before transfer profits, of  around 50-55% of overall income. In 25/26 I would imagine that the total will be very close to the 23/24number of £105m. Transfer profit ( not fees received) is around £40m. So £145m 

 

Ependiture

It’s difficult to get any real lead as to the total wage expenditure. Initially I was working on around £100m. class 1 Nic has added significantly to all entities costs. However more from hope than evidence I am estimating that the wage numbers for this season will be £85m ish.

 

Other operating costs will continue to grow irrespective of which league. One snippet I thought was interesting was that energy consumption continues to grow and as we also know so will things like business rates. My guess would be the numbers for other operating costs will grow to about £27 m

 

We won’t see the sort of numbers in respect of amortisation but as a minimum I would imagine the accounting costs in 25/26 in respect of  transfers in will be between £40-£50 m

 

Finally, one area which we need to keep an eye on will be interest paid. The costs that have to be shelled out to that Aussie bank is growing like Topsy. They don’t charge 2-3% when they lend money indeed you are looking at closer to 8% . If the £40m 26/27  parachute payment for instance has already been drawn down the interest on that sum alone could amount to £3+ m. I think that interest payments alone will be between £10-£12m

 

When you add back  circa £25 m in  it’s around  between £5-10 m so let’s estimate + £7.5m

 

But as I say it’s the cash flow that for me is the red flag.
 

Things in PSR compliance (£6+ 23/24 £45- in 24/25 and £7.5) £31m ish against allowable of £61m so yes I can see compliance for 25/26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stefan Borson, who was previously claiming quite confidently that we very likely breached for 24/25, is now saying we complied then too & will therefore not be facing any more charges when the appeals for 23/24 are done. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

1 hour ago, Terraloon said:

 

 

One thing I think we can all agree is that there won’t be any PL for Leicester as a result of the 25/26 season. Pretty obvious I know but at this point It is still a possibility that in 26/27 the club could be plying its trade in either the Championship or indeed EFL 1.

 

What I have tried to do is get some sort of handle on what the 25/26numbers will look like particularly as the Trust were fed the line about PSR compliance when we see the 25/26 numbers.

 

At seasons ended there is a window of circa a month for transfers out to put some positive members into the accounts but the question for me who the players are who will add those extra £s to the coffers.

 

I was asked the other day what I think the current seasons numbers will be so I will have a go. Please bear in mind the issue I believe the major concern going into 26/27 will probably be cash flow .

 

25/26

Income

In accounting terms we know that there parachute payments will probably contribute, before transfer profits, of  around 50-55% of overall income. In 25/26 I would imagine that the total will be very close to the 23/24number of £105m. Transfer profit ( not fees received) is around £40m. So £145m 

 

Ependiture

It’s difficult to get any real lead as to the total wage expenditure. Initially I was working on around £100m. class 1 Nic has added significantly to all entities costs. However more from hope than evidence I am estimating that the wage numbers for this season will be £85m ish.

 

Other operating costs will continue to grow irrespective of which league. One snippet I thought was interesting was that energy consumption continues to grow and as we also know so will things like business rates. My guess would be the numbers for other operating costs will grow to about £27 m

 

We won’t see the sort of numbers in respect of amortisation but as a minimum I would imagine the accounting costs in 25/26 in respect of  transfers in will be between £40-£50 m

 

Finally, one area which we need to keep an eye on will be interest paid. The costs that have to be shelled out to that Aussie bank is growing like Topsy. They don’t charge 2-3% when they lend money indeed you are looking at closer to 8% . If the £40m 26/27  parachute payment for instance has already been drawn down the interest on that sum alone could amount to £3+ m. I think that interest payments alone will be between £10-£12m

 

When you add back  circa £25 m in  it’s around  between £5-10 m so let’s estimate + £7.5m

 

But as I say it’s the cash flow that for me is the red flag.
 

Things in PSR compliance (£6+ 23/24 £45- in 24/25 and £7.5) £31m ish against allowable of £61m so yes I can see compliance for 25/26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fantastic piece of work, just thinking about this season, and I think the revenue may well reduce slightly from 2023/24 season as that year we had pretty much sell out crowds every week. Whereas this season there has been a drop off in attendances so wouldn’t be shocked to see matchday revenues drop off in comparison. 
 

Also I wouldn’t be shocked if we see commercial / sponsorship revenues also reduce in comparison to that season, as we didn’t have a front of shirt sponsor until October time. 

[Stadt]

The full seasons with published accounts since he has been chairman. Over £1 billion in revenue and £373m loss in 6 years - and it's only getting worse.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

14 minutes ago, Stadt said:

The full seasons with published accounts since he has been chairman. Over £1 billion in revenue and £373m loss in 6 years - and it's only getting worse.

So the club has spent over £1.37 billion in 6 years?

[Stadt]

1 minute ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

So the club has spent over £1.37 billion in 6 years?

£1.192 billion as I understand it 

[AKCJ]

Nearly a billion quid in wages 

[jammie82uk]

4 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Nearly a billion quid in wages 

If you base that solely on a 25 man squad that’s £128k a week on average per player 

[AKCJ]

2 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

If you base that solely on a 25 man squad that’s £128k a week on average per player 

and we've ended up with;

 

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Jakub Stolarczyk 4 DF  ENG Ben Nelson 5 DF  ITA Caleb Okoli 6 MF  WAL Jordan James (on loan from Rennes) 7 FW  GHA Abdul Fatawu 8 MF  ENG Harry Winks 9 FW  GHA Jordan Ayew 10 FW  ENG Stephy Mavididi 12 FW  JAM Dujuan Richards (on loan from Chelsea) 13 GK  ESP Fran Vieites 14 FW  JAM Bobby De Cordova-Reid 15 DF  AUS Harry Souttar 16 DF  DEN Victor Kristiansen 17 MF  BAN Hamza Choudhury 18 MF  NGA Joe Aribo (on loan from Southampton)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ZAM Patson Daka 21 DF  POR Ricardo Pereira (captain) 22 MF  ENG Oliver Skipp 23 DF  DEN Jannik Vestergaard 24 DF  ENG Jamaal Lascelles 25 MF  ENG Louis Page 27 MF  POR Wanya Marçal 28 FW  ENG Jeremy Monga 29 MF  ENG Divine Mukasa (on loan from Manchester City) 30 MF  ENG Aaron Ramsey (on loan from Burnley) 31 GK  BIH Asmir Begović 33 DF  ENG Luke Thomas 34 MF  ENG Michael Golding 39 MF  ENG Silko Thomas 56 DF  ENG Olabade Aluko

[Libertine]

https://www.lcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/leicester-city-lcfc-statement-8-april-2026?fbclid=IwY2xjawRDTeNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeXHEVf0ixc_1Ihy4dlmswFa9tkRD5DUypMLmUbAjf0k3X6pONaIVP3i8QyUA_aem_cSyhCiVjenAwD4XargR9nQ

[Nolucklcfc]

Does this mean the PL has been unsuccessful in their appeal? 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Life under King Power goes on.

[FrankieADZ]

 

the statement on the site for ppl who canny be arsed

[Legend_in_blue]

Lucky it isn't even more.