Harry Souttar

[Spudulike]

Depends on his ambition. Don't know much about his attitude but he might attempt to force a move away. He'll get attention if he gets World Cup exposure. Would another club take a risk given his injury record? Certainly affect any transfer fee.

[lgfualol]

Should get rid, good player when he’s fit but he’s never fit. We should probably learn from handing big contracts to and relying on sicknotes

Edited 3 May by lgfualol

[DoveValleyFox]

My guess is that he will get injured during the World Cup, play through it because of national pride then turn up pre season mysteriously crocked, blaming a poolside slip whilst on holiday.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Pleased for him, he managed to just get back from injury in time for the World Cup. 

[davieG]

Harry Souttar opens up on Leicester City emotions after ending 16-month injury hell
Story by Jordan Blackwell 

 

Harry Souttar was thrilled to end his 16-month injury hell and feel part of the Leicester City team again.

The centre-back has spoken publicly for the first time since his comeback from a series of injuries that began with an Achilles tear on loan at Sheffield United in December 2024.

After multiple setbacks, Souttar finally returned to action for the last two games of City’s season, scoring his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw against Millwall and then helping them keep a rare clean sheet with a 1-0 victory over Blackburn.

As one of the few senior players not associated with either of the last two relegations, there’s plenty of support in the City fanbase for Souttar to stay with the club and help them out of League One.

He said he was delighted to feel part of the City team again, playing for the club for the first since December 2023. However, he did recognise the club is having a “difficult time”.

“This one (the Achilles injury) didn't really feel that bad, although there were multiple surgeries and a few different injuries,” Souttar said.

“I learned to deal with long-term injuries before that, so I knew what to expect going in. I knew what it took to get back, the hard work and the gym hours it took to come back.

“You're going to go through ups and downs with your injury, with getting back. There were times I was back training and I'd have another little niggle or have to get another surgery. So you're stopping and starting again.

“It was nice going into the first game, coming back from injury. It was a strange situation, because the club were obviously already relegated. It's in a bit of a difficult time at the moment.

“But for me coming in, I was just so buzzing to be back on the park, so buzzing to be playing again. The concentration was just to play my normal game. It doesn't matter how long you've been out. Just do what you do best. Know your strengths and play to that.

“I thought it (the Millwall fixture) was a good game to come back to, at home, live on Sky, just to show everyone what I'm about. I thought I did that okay, obviously with a goal.

“We didn't get the clean sheet, but it was just so nice to be back on the pitch, just to have that feeling after the game. I just feel like part of the team again.”

Souttar is hoping to feel part of another team this summer by earning a spot in the Australia squad. He’s been at a Socceroos training camp in Florida recently to prove his fitness ahead of the tournament in North America.

Souttar said: “The squad doesn't get announced until the start of June, so I've still got a lot of work to do to get into that final squad, because the group's done really well in the previous two years. They've come a long way.

“There's still a lot of hard work to go. I can prove over the next three or four weeks what I'm capable of.”

[jonny_wright]

Was talking to one of his team last weekend, Leicester cannot afford to keep him, he doesn’t have a relegation clause in his contract and will join Sheffield United in the coming weeks for a fee in the region of £3m - we aren’t in a position to negotiate for more as they know under no circumstances can he stay at Leicester due to his wages 

[cityfanlee23]

25 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

Was talking to one of his team last weekend, Leicester cannot afford to keep him, he doesn’t have a relegation clause in his contract and will join Sheffield United in the coming weeks for a fee in the region of £3m - we aren’t in a position to negotiate for more as they know under no circumstances can he stay at Leicester due to his wages 

[Officer Doofy]

28 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

Was talking to one of his team last weekend, Leicester cannot afford to keep him, he doesn’t have a relegation clause in his contract and will join Sheffield United in the coming weeks for a fee in the region of £3m - we aren’t in a position to negotiate for more as they know under no circumstances can he stay at Leicester due to his wages 

This is called failing 

[ClaphamFox]

25 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

Was talking to one of his team last weekend, Leicester cannot afford to keep him, he doesn’t have a relegation clause in his contract and will join Sheffield United in the coming weeks for a fee in the region of £3m - we aren’t in a position to negotiate for more as they know under no circumstances can he stay at Leicester due to his wages 

A £3m fee would mean letting go of our best centre half for a PSR loss. If he genuinely does not have a relegation clause then it may have to be done, but that one would sting. 

[DAS Boot]

Shame.  He could have been injured in the Premier League, Championship and League 1 with us.

 

How many players can say that??

[slymunn]

12 minutes ago, DAS Boot said:

Shame.  He could have been injured in the Premier League, Championship and League 1 with us.

 

How many players can say that??

A couple of players can...Dickov and King 

[Foxin_Mad]

55 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

Was talking to one of his team last weekend, Leicester cannot afford to keep him, he doesn’t have a relegation clause in his contract and will join Sheffield United in the coming weeks for a fee in the region of £3m - we aren’t in a position to negotiate for more as they know under no circumstances can he stay at Leicester due to his wages 

The Rudkin show continues. What absolute muppet signed a player in 22/23 season when we were struggling, and failed to put in a relegation clause. Pure incompetence yet again from the elite level football operations team and Jon Rudkin. 

[Les-TA-Jon]

59 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

Was talking to one of his team last weekend, Leicester cannot afford to keep him, he doesn’t have a relegation clause in his contract and will join Sheffield United in the coming weeks for a fee in the region of £3m - we aren’t in a position to negotiate for more as they know under no circumstances can he stay at Leicester due to his wages 

Currently got a book value of approx £5.5m - so a nice £2.5m loss for Topkin...

[jonny_wright]

He’s currently earning £37,500 a week, which won’t drop in league 1, he didn’t know anything about other players, but he did say Rudkin was an unreasonable person to deal with, lots of players are extremely unhappy at being kept at the club against their wishes, and the said one of 2 things will happen in the coming seasons, either Rudkin goes or we enter administration- he said Top will be ultimately left with no choice. 

[Lesta Legend]

2 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

He’s currently earning £37,500 a week, which won’t drop in league 1, he didn’t know anything about other players, but he did say Rudkin was an unreasonable person to deal with, lots of players are extremely unhappy at being kept at the club against their wishes, and the said one of 2 things will happen in the coming seasons, either Rudkin goes or we enter administration- he said Top will be ultimately left with no choice. 

This is why KP need to go, it should be obvious to anyone what the issues are, but Top is a dimwit and the best outcome now is we are sold as the alternative is administration.

[filbertway]

I'd take 3m for souts. We're in a position now where cashflow trumps meeting any PSR requirements. Given his injury record as well I think 3m is fair.

 

Hope he does well though and stays injury free.

 

I imagine fans will be quite underwhelmed with this summer. I hope they are anyway, because if Rudkin gambles the house this season and fails again. Tgen id say there's a good chsnce we lose the house.

 

How is the guy still in a job?!

 

 

[brookfox]

21 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

He’s currently earning £37,500 a week, which won’t drop in league 1, he didn’t know anything about other players, but he did say Rudkin was an unreasonable person to deal with, lots of players are extremely unhappy at being kept at the club against their wishes, and the said one of 2 things will happen in the coming seasons, either Rudkin goes or we enter administration- he said Top will be ultimately left with no choice. 

I bet said players weren’t complaining when they were being signed for big fees, agents were getting good commission and the fat wages were being handed out. We were stuck with them due to inflated PSR book values and then wages none of them could earn elsewhere. All points to Rudkin but I have little sympathy for the players in this instance. You took the money now suck it up and put the effort in.

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, jonny_wright said:

Was talking to one of his team last weekend, Leicester cannot afford to keep him, he doesn’t have a relegation clause in his contract and will join Sheffield United in the coming weeks for a fee in the region of £3m - we aren’t in a position to negotiate for more as they know under no circumstances can he stay at Leicester due to his wages 

 

41 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

The Rudkin show continues. What absolute muppet signed a player in 22/23 season when we were struggling, and failed to put in a relegation clause. Pure incompetence yet again from the elite level football operations team and Jon Rudkin. 

Interesting 

I remember a Percy article from that period which specifically stated that souttar and VK were the only players with effective relegation clauses (like 50% drop) because they were signed when we were clearly in relegation trouble.  I suppose it could be that they were given 37.5k/week deals on the basis that we could be relegated and those would be increased if we survived. 

 

and if 37.5k/week is unsustainable next season then we will only have the kids and have to sell everyone else! 

[st albans fox]

35 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

He’s currently earning £37,500 a week, which won’t drop in league 1, he didn’t know anything about other players, but he did say Rudkin was an unreasonable person to deal with, lots of players are extremely unhappy at being kept at the club against their wishes, and the said one of 2 things will happen in the coming seasons, either Rudkin goes or we enter administration- he said Top will be ultimately left with no choice. 

Don’t understand this

rudkin being here isn’t the reason why we’d enter administration - him leaving doesn’t suddenly cast a rainbow across our finances

 

he’s a big reason why we’re in this mess but his departure isn’t a magic wand!  
 

the only way it makes sense is If there are investors who are refusing to put their money in unless he leaves. 

 

[Foxin_Mad]

11 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Don’t understand this

rudkin being here isn’t the reason why we’d enter administration - him leaving doesn’t suddenly cast a rainbow across our finances

 

he’s a big reason why we’re in this mess but his departure isn’t a magic wand!  
 

the only way it makes sense is If there are investors who are refusing to put their money in unless he leaves. 

 

i think him leaving would probably help. Hes clearly toxic. Him going would at least afford us the possibility of treading a different path, we need a clear out and we need to bring in a different profile of player and operate in a different way. The failing football department appears to be a blocker to this. If we keep doing the same things, following the same cycle things will only get worse. We can see now nothing has been learnt about managerial recruitment, we are following the same radio silence. Its pathetic ineptitude. 

[jonny_wright]

45 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Don’t understand this

rudkin being here isn’t the reason why we’d enter administration - him leaving doesn’t suddenly cast a rainbow across our finances

 

he’s a big reason why we’re in this mess but his departure isn’t a magic wand!  
 

the only way it makes sense is If there are investors who are refusing to put their money in unless he leaves. 

 

He was telling me that Top leaves running the club to Rudkin, and has his complete trust, he said he’s effectively clueless and doesn’t even pretend to know what he is doing, so leaves most matters to other people, his opinion and he’s been in football for over 30 years was that, rudkins position will become untenable even for Top, and if he doesn’t see that soon, we will enter administration as the result of the mismanagement. It’s an open secret in football that Rudkin isn’t fit for purpose

Edited 3 hours ago by jonny_wright

[Stavros81]

Not having a relegation clause in his contract 😂 Does it surprise me? No! Those 2 are slowly destroying the existence of our football club. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Stavros81

[wardyfox86]

Are we selling to comply with financial rules, or just to attempt to piece together a pot to piss in? 

 

Because £37,500 per week for a year is less than the loss we'd make on his book value, if it is actually £3m

[Pita]

9 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

He was telling me that Top leaves running the club to Rudkin, and has his complete trust, he said he’s effectively clueless and doesn’t even pretend to know what he is doing, so leaves most matters to other people, his opinion and he’s been in football for over 30 years was that, rudkins position will become untenable even for Top, and if he doesn’t see that soon, we will enter administration as the result of the mismanagement. It’s an open secret in football that Rudkin isn’t fit for purpose

Leaving it to Rudkin has cost Top millions of pounds. Top is blind if he can’t see that we all can 

[st albans fox]

9 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

He was telling me that Top leaves running the club to Rudkin, and has his complete trust, he said he’s effectively clueless and doesn’t even pretend to know what he is doing, so leaves most matters to other people, his opinion and he’s been in football for over 30 years was that, rudkins position will become untenable even for Top, and if he doesn’t see that soon, we will enter administration as the result of the mismanagement. It’s an open secret in football that Rudkin isn’t fit for purpose

I understand this 

it’s just that if we’re that close to admin then I can’t see that we can recover in any reasonable time just by losing rudkin. Sales can only be made in the summer and January.