Leicester City boss Steve Cooper is getting more out of his squad than most other Premier League managers

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https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-defy-219m-estimation-9579489

 

Leicester City defy £219m estimation as Man Utd have £714m shocker
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ByJames Pallatt
07:52, 25 SEP 2024

Leicester City boss Steve Cooper is getting more out of his squad than most other Premier League managers, according to a new report.

The Foxes are currently in 15th place in the table after the opening five matches of the new season. They are yet to win a league match, but have claimed three draws to earn three points.

According to Transfermarkt, City are overperforming and are doing better than their squad value suggests they should be. Transfermarkt have compared the valuation of each Premier League team’s squad with their current spot in the table to see which sides are getting the most out of their resources. Leicester have the 19th most expensive squad but are four places better off in the actual table.

 

Cooper’s squad is valued by Transfermarkt at €263.9m (£219m) after the summer transfer window. When it comes to underperforming based on squad value, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United are bottom of the pile. Both have a difference of -6 between squad value ranking and actual league position.

 

Transfermarkt’s market value v league position table
Market value position | club | squad value | league position | difference

17th | Fulham | €342m (£284m) | 9th | +8

8th | Aston Villa | €595.45m (£495m) | 3rd | +5

12th | Nottingham Forest | €414m (£344m) | 8th | +4

19th | Leicester City | €263.9m (£219m) | 15th | +4

20th | Ipswich Town | €161.1m (£134m) | 17th | +3

9th | Brighton and Hove Albion | €543.1m (£452m) | 7th | +2

15th | Bournemouth | €349.85m (£291m) | 13th | +2

4th | Liverpool | €923m (£768m) | 2nd | +2

13th | Brentford | €395.03m (£329m) | 12th | +1

7th | Newcastle United | €651.65m (£542m) | 6th | +1

18th | Southampton | €273.20m (£227m) | 18th | 0

1st | Manchester City | €1.26bn (£1bn) | 1st | 0

3rd | Chelsea | €948.20m (£789m) | 5th | -2

2nd | Arsenal | €1.17bn (£974m) | 4th | -2

16th | Everton | €349.1m (£290m) | 19th | -3

6th | Tottenham Hotspur | €768.3m (£639m) | 10th | -4

10th | West Ham United | €483.5m (£402m) | 14th | -4

11th | Crystal Palace | €430.18m (£358m) | 16th - 5

5th | Manchester United | €857.35m (£714m) | 11th | -6

14th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | €370.5m (£308m) | 20th | -6

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[alfox13]

What drugs are they on? 

[Fox 4 Life]

I mean it's pretty obvious, per some random transfer valuation site we have the 2nd least expensive squad in the league so by further flawed logic we should be 19th. Does anyone remember 2016?

[guest123]

What a load of nonsense

[Lako42]

What about wages? 

[Pliskin]

The merc just needs burning. 

[honeybradger]

We are certainly playing like the 19th place team in the league. It's just early days where a couple unlucky/lucky results skews the whole table. If we play this way over the course of the season we will be sat in the relegation zone at the end of it.

[ealingfox]

Little Old Leicester  a miracle

[niyaminski]

Football ent played on paper.

 

Maybe come the end of the season this would be a half valid comparison.

 

BUT we’ve played Fulham, Palace and Everton and have the same amount of points as Ipswich, who have played Brighton, Man City and Liverpool.

[worthosoriginals]

Ah, didn't realise everything was going so well

[urban.spaceman]

STOP YOUR WHINING LCFC FANS EVERYTHING IS GOOOOD

[foxfanazer]

Well that's shut me right up. What a manager!!

[Iwebema]

Foxestrust, is that you?

[dr.o.ball]

Told Cooper was awesome 👌 

[Fox92]

Joke article but I personally don't think the squad is as good as others seem to think. 

[beepee1984]

The table after 5 matches lies

 

We have played awful and had 2 lucky draws, our performances deserve only 1 point (possibly 3 if SC knew how to manage a game against Palace)

[RoboFox]

"jOuRnALiSm"

 

[An Away Move]

Just shows you that statistics can / can’t show anything. 

[Finnegan]

Mockery by name 

[Wymsey]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

Mockery by name 

There are probably more showbiz and 'life hack' articles than local news on there tbh..

 

A nice, cheap snuggly blanket - anyone?..

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/dunelms-cosy-electric-blanket-only-9580323

 

Edited 25 September 2024 by Wymsey

[AKCJ]

Just shows that results don't always match up with performances.

[HankMarvin]

Should’ve just looked for some really expensive shit loan signings, 4 players worth 100m plus guarantees us a better league position finish apparently.

[StanSP]

Rudkin's getting the contract extension ready...