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BBC News
3 days ago
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Van Nistelrooy situation 'baffling'
Leicester City's failure to clarify the future of manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has become increasingly "baffling", according to former Foxes striker Matty East Midlands club had relegation from the Premiers League confirmed on 20 April and the campaign came to an end nearly two weeks just three weeks, Leicester will learn their schedule for the 2025-26 campaign when Championship fixtures are released. A week later and the squad is expected to assemble for preseason training."What a mess it is," Fryatt told BBC East Midlands Today."What is it, six weeks since relegation was confirmed and still they are no further along?"Everyone needs some clarity, the supporters and football club as a whole, because time is ticking."Fryatt, however, does see that financial pressures and the timing of a possible sacking could be behind any have faced a number of profit and sustainability charges in recent years, with the latest – relating to an alleged breach of EFL financial rules for the 2023-24 season, when they were last in the second tier – coming in May."My only assumption would be that it's because of the financial implications that Ruud is still in charge," Fryatt said."Because if he was going to be the manager for next season, you would have thought you would have heard from the club, but there has been nothing, absolutely zero communication, which is baffling to me."
BBC News
25-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 Discussing final-day defeat and Van Nistelrooy
BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast brings you post- match analysis with former striker Matty Fryatt as the Foxes end their season with defeat at Bournemouth - plus reaction from Ruud van to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
23-05-2025
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- BBC News
Foxes are 'prime target' for punishment
Football finance expert Kieran Maguire has estimated that Leicester City could be inline for a "seven-point deduction" for their latest breach of the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules (PSR).Speaking to BBC Sport's Charlie Slater about the situation, Maguire said: "If we use the Everton and Nottingham Forest cases as a starting point, they were given a set penalty plus an additional penalty, in terms of points, for the severity of the offence over the allowable limit."On the basis of that, we are probably looking at something like a seven-point deduction which if applied this season - and there's a case for saying it is too late - would result in Leicester City probably dropping from 18th to 19th position in the Premier League."The reason why it might have to be applied to this season is because you get around about £3.5m per place in the Premier League. Therefore, from the perspective of Ipswich Town, they would say they are entitled to an extra £3.5m and they would want this particular issue to be pursued."Former Leicester City striker Matty Fryatt said the situation "doesn't look healthy" on the When You're Smiling podcast: "It certainly doesn't sound good initially."The club are the prime target number one because they used that loophole before to get out of the previous charge."The Premier League obviously deem it a breach of their rules so they are already after them. Then subsequently, because of relegation, the EFL will want a nibble as well because the club had previously breached their rules but went back up to the Premier League again."So, all in all, it is a mess. I do think both the Premier League and the EFL will be after Leicester City, especially after they were clever in getting out of the situation last time."It doesn't look healthy. I don't know whether the points deduction will be enforced for this season, which would probably play into Ipswich's favour for a bit of money, or if the EFL will go after Leicester City next season."I wonder if the EFL could even save the points deduction and use it the following season, if Leicester City get promoted next season? It is very messy and the club is prime target number one unfortunately."Listen to the full podcast on BBC Sounds
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 PSR problems are back, so what happens from here?
The latest When You're Smiling podcast has Radio Leicester's Owynn Palmer-Atkin is joined by former Leicester City striker Matty Fryatt and The Fosse Way's Iain Wright to dissect "another strange week" at Leicester is plenty to discuss, including Jamie Vardy's impending departure, the club's latest PSR charge and the promise in Leicester's finance expert Kieran Maguire also joins the pod to discuss PSR, plus hear from Foxes academy graduate Kasey McAteer, who scored his first Premier League goal in the win over Ipswich last to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
28-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hierarchy must make 'important decisions' to revive 'soulless' Foxes
Former Leicester City striker Matty Fryatt believes it is "going to take a lot" to turn things around at the club, with Ruud van Nistelrooy's side suffering another heavy defeat against Wolves just six days after their relegation back to the Championship was confirmed."I've said there was a gulf in class before, but there were oceans in this game," Fryatt told the When You're Smiling podcast. "They looked miles off it in terms of fight, spirit and everything you would want."It's not like all of a sudden there's going to be a wake-up call and these players are going to start playing. If that was ever going to be the case, why haven't they done it up until this point?"I wasn't expecting a massive change but I at least thought there would be a bit more fight and determination. It was a resignation in terms of relegation - everyone had seen it coming for weeks leading up to it."Leicester took the Championship by storm in 2023-24 but have not been able to transfer the positivity from that campaign into a Premier League survival bid."It's going to take a lot to turn this around," Fryatt said. "The Championship shouldn't be feared but there should be things in place to make sure they have got a good foundation. They are a long way from where they once were, but they can get back to that by making important decisions."A lot of it will depend on things financially because, for example, sacking two managers in one financial year is a huge hit - but something needs to be done."I didn't see anything in this performance that made me think Ruud is the right person to lead this team. Forget his illustrious playing career - he is an unproven manager and he has never been down at the bottom."The team looks soulless. They are lacking identity, style and fight."Listen to the full podcast on BBC Sounds
