Is the 'double drop' becoming more inevitable?

[Free Falling Foxes]

Interesting analysis here.

We get plenty of mentions of course. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Free Falling Foxes

[Manwell Pablo]

Usernames like your's don't help tbf.

[PhillippaT]

3 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

Usernames like your's don't help tbf.

Maybe they're a Tom Petty fan?  

[HitchinFox]

6 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

Maybe they're a Tom Petty fan?  

In that case, why not go for "It'll All Work Out". 

Or "Don't Come Around Here No More" as a tribute to our Chief Football Officer. 

[AKCJ]

Definitely something to be said for poorly managed clubs having to rebuild a squad and how easy it is for that to go horribly wrong. Parachute payments help the relegated clubs but they don't save them from themselves. We sold our good players and kept those who didn't want to be here. Doesn't matter if you're Lionel Messi, if you don't want to play Championship football then you're going to get found out.

 

I don't think Luton did that. IMO they just took their eye off the ball and wanted off-pitch improvements but us and potentially Burnley both came down with a shit attitude and it's hard to get rid of it.

 

At least Burnley have acted quickly and sacked their manager before too much damage has been done. It was clear we were not going in the right direction under Cifuentes and the points deduction was always coming but we just sat there arrogantly thinking we were above it all.

[Leicester_Loyal]

Yes, as drugs are traditionally getting weaker.

[davieG]

Leicester City's transfer mistakes exposed as player value drops by a whopping £74m | Leicestershire Live

 

Leicester City's transfer mistakes exposed as player value drops by a whopping £74m

The CIES Football Observatory has been assessing Leicester City's transfer numbers and it's not great reading

Josh Holland Leicester City correspondent
29 Oct 2026
Leicester City have seen player value decrease by a whopping €88m (£73.6m) over the last five years, according to new figures.

The number crunchers at the CIES Football Observatory have listed City as one of the lowest ranked teams when it comes to generating player value. Their calculations are based on the balance between transfer fees paid since 2021 - the year they won the FA Cup - and those received for players who have already moved on.

If a player remains at a club, they estimate their current value set against the fees paid. Both calculations can show either a profit/increase or a loss/depreciation.

Academy products like Harvey Barnes and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are not included in the figures, but transfer add-ons are, either paid or received.

 

The majority of the transfer fees paid by Leicester during that period have been undisclosed, but there is an obvious caveat that in the timeframe of the calculations, City have dropped from the Premier League to League One.

CIES reckons the Foxes have suffered a €21m (£17.5m) loss in terms of fees paid for players who have now moved on and lost €67m (£56m) in value of players who remain at the club. That generates a joint value of €88m (£73.6m).

City could have generated a profit from Abdul Fatawu, Bilal El Khannouss, Wesley Fofana, Mads Hermansen, James Maddison and potentially even Tom Cannon and Wilfred Ndidi could have produced a profit, but would have lost money on Patson Daka, Conor Coady, Danny Ward and Youri Tielemans.

Oliver Skipp, Stephy Mavididi and Victor Kristiansen were all signed for fees in that period, but are all currently away from the club on loan this season.

Of the current squad, free signings like Conor Chaplin and Will Smallbone will also have added value and emergence of Will Alves, Sammy Braybrooke, Jayden Joseph and Louis Page are likely to have increased in value.

Manchester City have the biggest value increase in this country, a staggering €447m (£374.2m), Bournemouth and Brighton are second and third with €349m (£292.2m) and €323m (£270.4m) respectively. City's Belgian sister-club, OH Leuven have seen an increase of €43m (£35.9m).

Luton Town are the only other League One club in the list, with the Harriers in a deficit of just €5m (£4.1m) in that period. Only Tottenham (€188m/£157.2m) and Manchester United (€405m/£338.7m) held a greater deficit than Leicester from the English clubs.

The full figures can be found here.