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By Guest Mickyblueeyes, in Leicester City Forum

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6 minutes ago, les-tah said:

This is AI interpretation of the rules

 

League One an owner can inject unlimited money through new shares — it can bankroll transfer fees with no cap, and half of it counts as extra wage headroom. The Championship and Prem now cap owner funding AND count transfer fees inside their spending limits. It’s the last division in England where wealth converts straight into signings.

 

 

League 1 rules are SCMP.

 

We can spend 50% of our turnover can go on salaries I believe. So player salary, player bonuses, amortisation on transfers, manager, coach and staff salaries.

 

So if you we realistically have a turnover of £60m - £100m this season with player sales etc, our closest rivals are likely going to be Sheffield Wednesday at around £30m. 
 

Everyone else is less than £15m. 
 

So by clearing out the high earners as well and rebuilding with good quality free agents, if would be a crazy season. 

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JonnyBoy

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32 minutes ago, Nolucklcfc said:

I can see it being US … that title win might well save us. 

If Tom Brady can buy B'ham we can get a big baller to buy us with our history 

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Just now, urban.spaceman said:

Currently googling the dodgiest firms in the Middle East. 

IRGC FC

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Stevosevic

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As long as they are ambitious and have loads of cash then that’s fine by me.

 

Believe someone can chuck money at infrastructure and we need stadium improvements. 

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urban.spaceman

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At the moment, nobody credible has identified the unnamed Middle Eastern party. The reporting so far only says that Citigroup has been engaged to explore a sale and that there is interest from a Middle Eastern investor or investment group. No reliable outlet has named them. Euromoney

That said, if we're trying to narrow down who it could be, there are a few realistic possibilities:

  • A Saudi family office or private investment group. Saudi investors have become increasingly active in football, but not every deal is connected to the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF). Wealthy families often invest through private vehicles that stay out of the headlines until a deal is close.

  • An Abu Dhabi or UAE-based private investor. Abu Dhabi has a huge concentration of family offices and investment firms looking at international sports assets. Many prefer minority stakes or club acquisitions outside the elite level as longer-term investments.

  • A Qatari investment vehicle. Qatar has experience through football investments, although since the acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. there has been greater scrutiny around multi-club ownership.

  • A Bahraini or Kuwaiti family office. These are less talked about publicly but have made sports investments before, particularly in England.

Who I think it probably isn't

I would be surprised if it were:

  • PIF (Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund) – owning both Newcastle United F.C. and Leicester would create obvious multi-club ownership complications.
  • City Football Group – they already have an extensive club network.
  • Qatar Sports Investments – similar multi-club regulatory issues would arise unless the structure were very carefully designed.

Why Leicester is attractive

Despite being in League One, Leicester has assets that many clubs at this level simply don't:

  • Premier League-standard stadium.
  • State-of-the-art training ground.
  • Large fanbase.
  • Recent Premier League title and FA Cup history.
  • Strong commercial potential if promoted.

The points deduction has depressed the club's value, which can make it look like an attractive turnaround opportunity for an investor willing to absorb short-term losses.

My guess—purely as an informed guess rather than based on evidence—is that this is a Gulf family office or private investment company rather than a sovereign wealth fund. Those buyers often conduct negotiations quietly and only become public once exclusivity is agreed.

If Citigroup is genuinely running the process, I'd also expect there to be interest from US private equity and perhaps one or two UK consortiums alongside any Middle Eastern bidder. A formal sale process rarely relies on a single potential buyer.

 
 
CL Fox

CL Fox

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3 minutes ago, Stevosevic said:

As long as they are ambitious and have loads of cash then that’s fine by me.

 

Believe someone can chuck money at infrastructure and we need stadium improvements. 

Dont even need loads of cash. Id prefer competence over cash. Our owners have had loads of money, they've just wasted it.

HankMarvin

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33 minutes ago, Stadt said:

The genie is out the bottle now though and even our value is highest now whilst we’re selling assets off and it looks like we may bounce back up. If we didn’t go up and we tried to sell we have no value at all.

Is our value at its highest?

 

Football club's value is heavily tied to its playing squad (assets)

Stripping the squad of its best players to balance the books actually lowers the intrinsic value/enterprise value and sale price of the club.

Any potential buyer will pay less for a club with a gutted squad because they know they’ll have to immediately spend tens of millions out of their own pocket to rebuild it.

 

 

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