King Power Out

[LCFCJohn]

2 hours ago, Hales said:

I sure you dont mean it but it comes across a little condescending. Unfortunately not everybody is in the same position as you and your wife. Some of those staff live hand to mouth.....single parents, lower wage scale etc.....at the end of the day the issue is they were clearly told they were being paid today yet suddenly that changes...its not acceptable

I wasn’t being condescending at all. As I have stated, I have worked closely with families who have spent over their means and get into debt over Christmas. So my point of view comes from a much more genuine and experienced point of view than many. The comment about holding the finances back was in response to the other post where the poster said they bring their bills forward. So it was an interesting point as I had considered it to be people who would spend above their means but it introduced an interesting scenario where people just bring payments forward to get it out their accounts.
 

But the point about hand to mouth still stand. Ultimately, whether you get paid for December on the 19th or 31st, that covers your bills and spending for January. So if people are relying on early pay to make ends meet, there are bigger concerns at play (per the support I used to provide people to help them get their finances on track).

 

I have consistently stated that regardless of any other factors, the rest of which is just debate about personal finances, making a commitment and going back on it less than 24 hour before is completely unacceptable and a disgrace. 

I can’t stand Aiyawatt and KP and want them out of this club and this is a further embarrassment.

[jammie82uk]

28 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

I'm mighty confused by King Power influence if we aren't owned by them

I’ve posted a few pages back now 

 

 

[VLC86]

Can’t get my head around anyone defending the club on this.

[Sly]

5 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

If this were the case here then why claim its to do with aligning payroll with the rest of the King Power Group? Be easier to admit the error (if that's it) and say that they will help support ANY staff who need their wages earlier. 

Spot on. 
 

I’ve seen this happen as well and this is basically what the company did and covered missed mortgage payments etc 

[VG Fox]

be interesting to see when this utter own goal by the club filters through to the players and they resort to type with an inept performance tomorrow. Marti has to stop that happening, but I don't hold out much hope.

[ALC Fox]

Only just heard about this!

 

What an utter disgrace.

 

Anybody going to the games please protest.

 

Stay on the concourse for the first 15 minutes of each game, banners and chanting outside and inside the stadium, just keep it up until these charlatans are gone.

 

They're killing the club.

[RedSoxUK]

I've heard rumours that @Gamble92 who works as a scout at Seagrave took Antonio out in Nottingham for dinner and drinks, then paid the bill (about £30,000,) with the company card. Apparently that has meant we're no longer compliant for PSR and as a result couldn't pay the staff today.

[BigGibbo]

On 18/12/2025 at 18:13, CL Fox said:

https://x.com/leicesterp88/status/2001710449264595374?s=46&t=LSI3SDXXIKmiEtJjckwavg

 

Irredeemable tinpot scumbaggery.

 

Up to now I had clung on to the last vestiges of hope - that if the right appointments were made, and Top could take a back seat, the King Power reputation was still salvageable - but this pours gasoline and throws a match onto the last remnants of Goodwill earned by the late great Vichai.

 

King Power out. Now.

[BigGibbo]

This is worse than Sheff Wed from a morality standpoint.

 

They aren't paying staff because they can't. As we haven't quite arrived at that level of administration yet, we have just made a short-sighted business choice to ruin a bunch of employees Christmases.

[Gamble92]

1 hour ago, RedSoxUK said:

I've heard rumours that @Gamble92 who works as a scout at Seagrave took Antonio out in Nottingham for dinner and drinks, then paid the bill (about £30,000,) with the company card. Apparently that has meant we're no longer compliant for PSR and as a result couldn't pay the staff today.

Can I just say this is libel 

[Frankel1981]

We pay a fortune the players receive an obscene amount in wages.

 

Not paying regular staff is cuntish and inexcusable. 

[BigGibbo]

10 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

Seriously. People are sensationalising this but other than it being a shitty thing to do and a crap way to treat your staff, there's not much of a story. 

 

 

Like that isn't a big deal? We're a 'family club', but f**k the families that work for us...

 

Reads a bit; 'other than the crimes against children Saville was a pretty good and charitable person'.

 

[Kitchandro]

Every time something like this happens the official line is that it’s a ‘mistake’ and it always turns out to be some much more serious financial issue.

 

Either way, horrible club.

[Loxm]

Can't believe some (minority) on here and on X seem to now be suggesting that this decision was a good thing because it means people won't need to budget as strictly for the 6weeks between now and the end of January... Incredible mental gymnastics that!!!

 

[VLC86]

22 minutes ago, Loxm said:

Can't believe some (minority) on here and on X seem to now be suggesting that this decision was a good thing because it means people won't need to budget as strictly for the 6weeks between now and the end of January... Incredible mental gymnastics that!!!

 

Can’t get my head around it.

[Gamble92]

31 minutes ago, Frankel1981 said:

We pay a fortune the players receive an obscene amount in wages.

 

Not paying regular staff is cuntish and inexcusable. 

If Top has anything about him he will sort this himself. Just from a PR standpoint to save him a bit. If he doesn't then its the final bit of evident (if it was needed) that he doesn't care. 

 

Almost feels like there's this inevitability about documentaries being made about the club who won the Premier League to eventually going bust. 

[Pliskin]

Thing for me is…. Why now? Surely this was planned and not a decisions made on a whim? 
 

So, why can’t it be an indication of deeper financial problems at the club? I mean, it makes absolutely no sense at all to make this decisions unless for two reasons.

 

 

1) There’s been a sudden issue in the cash flow which means the club can’t pay all of the staff and they’ve made a last minute decision to delay the payments. 
 

2) The club is run by genuine ****ing idiots, who think perfectly acceptable to behave in such a despicable way….

 

 

Surely whomever makes these decisions is being advised, if there’s no reason at all that this year can’t just be don’t as normal, and then in January the group announce that Christmas 2026 will be changed to fall inline with the rest of the group? So what reason do the decision makers have to make this change now….. less than 24 hours before the staff are supposed to be paid……..

 

Edited 19 December 2025 by Pliskin

[Vlad the Fox]

Is this something the trust should be demanding an explanation and resolution from the club on?

[Pliskin]

30 minutes ago, Loxm said:

Can't believe some (minority) on here and on X seem to now be suggesting that this decision was a good thing because it means people won't need to budget as strictly for the 6weeks between now and the end of January... Incredible mental gymnastics that!!!

 

Because they’re thick twats that’s why, who are incapable of grasping the actual problem….

 

It’s not an argument of budgeting, it’s an argument of a morally warped hierarchy who think it’s acceptable to make a decision like this less than 24 hours prior to the pay day….. 

[5waller5]

13 hours ago, los dedos said:

 

 

In other words:

“Please accept my corporate words and lengthy explanation in lieu of being paid in time to buy your turkey and kid’s presents as previously promised”

[Corky]

3 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

Our situation has many parallels with Rangers, who (happy to be corrected) sold their gate receipts for the future years in order to pay today's bills. 

 

Surprise surprise, they ran out of money having given up the gate money. And ofc went bust. 

 

Whatever is happening inside those weird Thai parlours that KP inhabit, I think we see the chaos very very soon. The moment it becomes evident we aren't getting promoted, we will be in the end game. 

 

Edit; frankly it'll be a relief. We've a great brand (tbf thanks to KP) but it needs new energy to take us on. Even if we start next season on -20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, very much a feeling of a potentially good and vibrant club being held back by a stale, disinterested leadership and a band of worshippers who don't really care about the club but a regime based thousands of miles away.

 

We see glimpses of a passionate fanbase but it needs bursting into life.

[bmt]

47 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Thing for me is…. Why now? Surely this was planned and not a decisions made on a whim? 
 

So, why can’t it be an indication of deeper financial problems at the club? I mean, it makes absolutely no sense at all to make this decisions unless for two reasons.

 

 

1) There’s been a sudden issue in the cash flow which means the club can’t pay all of the staff and they’ve made a last minute decision to delay the payments. 
 

2) The club is run by genuine ****ing idiots, who think perfectly acceptable to behave in such a despicable way….

 

 

Surely whomever makes these decisions is being advised, if there’s no reason at all that this year can’t just be don’t as normal, and then in January the group announce that Christmas 2026 will be changed to fall inline with the rest of the group? So what reason do the decision makers have to make this change now….. less than 24 hours before the staff are supposed to be paid……..

 

Clearly both are true. Honestly makes me sick

[5waller5]

9 hours ago, Rob1742 said:

You give staff a nice benefit, you get absolutely caned if you then reverse it one day. They certainly forget the good they were doing in the first place. It’s best not giving the gesture in the first place. 

 

If I was to reverse this though, I’d have communicated it months ago  so staff knew what they would be facing. This has been their real error which is naughty. 
 

I’m not sure paying staff on 19th of any month when they usually get paid at the end of the month is very wise either. It then becomes a case of people spending too much and suffering big time in January. Maybe it was seen as a nice gesture, but not sure it’s really helpful in reality 
 

 

It doesn’t take particularly skilled management to send a memo in April to say that from now on December pay date will be aligned with the other months for X reason. 
 

With 6+ months notice there’s no need for an apology, just let the staff know that’s what’s happening. No big deal, no bad press, no demotivated team members.

[dsr-burnley]

7 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Same, one month in 2012 when I just started working we got told the day before that pay date will be missed due to human error. We were told that if we were out of pocket (e.g. missed a direct debit because no funds in your account or opportunity cost of missed interest) you could make a claim and the company would make you whole. I made a claim and it got paid no questions asked.

I think people are underestimating how important pay day is.

Quite apart from the morality of the issue, any company which tells their staff they will be paid on such a date has made a contract with those staff, and if the company then breaches the contract and the staff lose money as a result, the company is liable to make good the loss. Your company might have done it out of the goodness of their hearts, or they might have done it because they knew they were up a creek and had no choice, or a combination of both. But any losses must be made good by the company.

 

If Leicester City can't pay wages because their holding company won't let them (and won't do the sums), then they can still give the staff money. They will be able to roughly work out the figures and give them a "loan" of about the right amount. Then, when wages time comes round at the end of the month, make a post-tax adjustment to sweep up the difference. That would be simple, humane, decent, and would save them money.

[MPH]

43 minutes ago, 5waller5 said:

 

In other words:

“Please accept my corporate words and lengthy explanation in lieu of being paid in time to buy your turkey and kid’s presents as previously promised”

 

 The one who wrote this…is this the one who has been nothing more than a project manager before?