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BBC News
27-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 'Bizarre timing for a sensible call'
"The timing seems so bizarre but saying that, nothing should surprise me now."Ruud van Nistelrooy's departure from Leicester City did not come as a surprise for many after a poor tenure in the Premier League. But the timing of it? That's caused a When You're Smiling podcast team break down the possibilities for why the announcement has taken several weeks and the implications for Leicester in the upcoming season."A little bit surprised in terms of the actual timing of it. With the financial regulations, I thought it may have been beyond June into July," former Foxes striker Matty Fryatt said."Leicester have been sealed to their fate for nine weeks now and there's been no real news and you're thinking 'is Ruud going to stay or not?'."It seems to me like someone has said 'we've got the players back in for pre-season on Monday, by the way we've still got Ruud in charge, can someone get rid of him?'"Listen to the full reaction and more on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
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
- Business
- 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
