Martí Cifuentes

[FrankieADZ]

Leicester ready to appoint sacked Championship manager to replace Van Nistelrooy - but still have to pay compensation | The Sun

£500k

 

posted the article further alone in the thread*

Edited 9 July 2025 by FrankieADZ

[DZ-LCFC]

LEICESTER are ready to pay £500,000 compensation to QPR to land Marti Cifuentes as their new manager.

[FrankieADZ]

LEICESTER are ready to pay £500,000 compensation to QPR to land Marti Cifuentes as their new manager.

Cifuentes, 43, has beaten Gary O’Neil, Chris Wilder and Danny Rohl in the race to succeed Ruud Van Nistelrooy at the Kingpower.

 

The Spanish coach left QPR last month after two seasons in charge at Loftus Road.

But it was not a straightforward departure as Cifuentes was put on gardening leave in April after strong links to West Brom, who were looking for a new manager.

As part of his exit agreement, a new club will have to pay compensation and Leicester look ready to do that.

Should the Foxes fork out the compensation fee, Cifuentes could be appointed in the next few days.

 

Cifuentes had only signed a new long-term deal with QPR last September but his spell in west London turned sour.

The manager had taken charge of 83 games as R's boss, winning 29, drawing 23 and losing 31.

Leicester believe he can lead them back to the Premier League at the first attempt.

Pre-season has already started at the club with Andy King leading training.

cc: Leicester ready to appoint sacked Championship manager to replace Van Nistelrooy - but still have to pay compensation | The Sun

[Stadt]

52 minutes ago, LinekersLugs said:

Last season ??? 

Much more variable

[Lambert09]

The only concerning thing I have, is how easy they were to beat in the fa cup. I know it was a b squad but given how woeful we had been in the league, with a bit of effort and good tactics and let’s face it they could have got an upset.  It was all a bit too easy and if we did somehow get promoted, then he would need to smarten up because the gap between us and the top half prem teams … or even to the team in 17th is bigger than the gap between Leicester and QPR 

[AKCJ]

5 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

LEICESTER are ready to pay £500,000 compensation to QPR to land Marti Cifuentes as their new manager.

Cifuentes, 43, has beaten Gary O’Neil, Chris Wilder and Danny Rohl in the race to succeed Ruud Van Nistelrooy at the Kingpower.

 

Many would argue this is a race he lost.

[RedSoxUK]

7 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Much more variable

****ING HELL

[DZ-LCFC]

so rohl deal didn't stall cuz of his release clause ?

[foxfanazer]

1 minute ago, DZ-LCFC said:

so rohl deal didn't stall cuz of his release clause ?

That £100k made all the difference 

[DezFox]

Genuine question as I am undecided. 
 

if it were a 50/50 between him and Rohl  who wouldn’t you all want and why? 

[RedSoxUK]

2 minutes ago, DZ-LCFC said:

so rohl deal didn't stall cuz of his release clause ?

It's where the release clause would be paid in to 

[Fox 66]

2 hours ago, winteriscoming said:

I can see a similar thing with Rohl that it won’t be clear cut getting him. 
Would be interesting to know why West Brom didn’t get him. 

Asked my west brom season ticket holder the same thing and he said " cos he wouldn't be able to manage a big club " 😂

[Lesta Legend]

We also don’t know the amount for Rohl as that hasn’t been settled. 

[teblin]

I wonder if rohl kinda wanted the job but marti showed more passion for wanting the role.

[Benji]

Would suggest the issue with Rohl has been the Sheff Wed owner all along, and we're tired of waiting and wasting pre-season time.  (Or he doesn't want it...)

[teblin]

1 minute ago, Fox 66 said:

Asked my west brom season ticket holder the same thing and he said " cos he wouldn't be able to manage a big club " 😂

So still not sure why WBA didn’t appoint him then

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, DezFox said:

Genuine question as I am undecided. 
 

if it were a 50/50 between him and Rohl  who wouldn’t you all want and why? 

They are both the same for me.

Both turned their respective team around and finished 23/24 strongly, went into last season as dark horses but ultimately, over the course of a season, were disappointing.  

[OntarioFox]

10 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Many would argue this is a race he lost.

actual footage of the "race" leaked from the boardroom

[FrankieADZ]

7 minutes ago, DZ-LCFC said:

so rohl deal didn't stall cuz of his release clause ?

and probably dealing with the Sheff Weds owner and other issues that side

[The Year Of The Fox]

59 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

You and @SecretPro could end up in the same ditch together.

😂😂

 

 

[The Year Of The Fox]

1 hour ago, CloudFox said:

I'm guessing he gets notified every time someone posts or something 😂. If so, pretty sure you can "unfollow" the topic @The Year Of The Fox.

No not that 😂

 

The thread was started as a piss take at all those who were absolutely losing their mind of Rohl throughout the week.

 

They didn’t notice though, and have started losing their shit over this bloke now instead 😂😂😂

Edited 9 July 2025 by The Year Of The Fox

[Tuna]

9 minutes ago, teblin said:

So still not sure why WBA didn’t appoint him then

He was still under contract at QPR, on gardening leave. Presume it was too complicated.

[oxford blue]

 

 

1 hour ago, dooflip said:

No strikers? No problem!

The false 9 is on!

mavididi/bek/monga down the middle sitting a bit deeper with the wingers pushed high and narrow could be interesting!

I think this is likely to be pragmatic- I think you will find most QPR fans are wanting a new striker next season as a priority. Goals scored last season were barely above 1 per game.

[teblin]

Just now, Tuna said:

He was still under contract at QPR, on gardening leave. Presume it was too complicated.

Sorry was a poor joke insinuating WBA were a small club.

[Tommy Fresh]

10 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

They are both the same for me.

Both turned their respective team around and finished 23/24 strongly, went into last season as dark horses but ultimately, over the course of a season, were disappointing.  

Both finished roughly where you'd expect to be honest