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Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Leicester face battle to find a manager to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy amid points deduction fears
No fewer than EIGHT players have entered the final year of their contracts Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) LEICESTER face a battle to convince their top managerial targets to take on the chaos gripping the crisis-hit club. The Foxes finally parted company with manager Ruud van Nistelrooy on Friday — 33 days after the end of the season — and a whopping 68 days since relegation was confirmed against Liverpool with five games remaining. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Ruud van Nistelrooy left Leicester City this week 7 The Foxes were relegated back to the Championship after just one season Credit: Getty 7 Sean Dyche has been linked with the Leicester job Credit: Getty Sean Dyche and Sheffield Wednesday's departing boss Danny Rohl have emerged as the front-runners to replace the Dutchman following his marathon period as a dead-man walking. Former Wolves boss Gary O'Neil and ex-Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick are also on Leicester's radar. However, club chiefs will find it tough to persuade any potential candidate to accept what increasingly appears to be a poisoned chalice. The Foxes seem to be in freefall and have a potential points deduction hanging over them in the Championship as Prem bosses charged them with breaching strict Profit and Sustainability Rules. READ MORE LEICESTER NEWS CAR CRASH Fans claim Carabao Cup draw is 'rigged' as huge derby clash is handed out Meanwhile, the club's main backers, King Power, have been plunged into a financial crisis and are feared to be on the brink of collapse after running up eye-watering losses of £450million. Legendary striker Jamie Vardy quit the East Midlands outfit this summer to cut the last ties with the club's 5,000-1 title-winning team which famously lifted Premier League trophy in 2016. Wilfred Ndidi, 28, is expected to follow him out of the door, with Everton and Manchester United looking to sign the powerful midfielder. No fewer than EIGHT players have entered the final year of their contracts, while Van Nistelrooy banished Harry Winks and Jannik Vestergaard for refusing to stay one night a week in Leicester. 7 Former Wolves boss Gary O'Neil has been linked with taking over at the King Power Stadium Credit: AP 7 Manchester United legend Michael Carrick is also on the Foxes' radar after leaving Middlesbrough last month Credit: PA CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS With little cash available to patch up a wafer-thin squad already low on confidence following relegation, the new boss may also struggle to convince potential targets to join. It is a bleak prospect for Leicester chiefs — club chairman Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha and beleaguered director of football Jon Rudkin — as they try to find 48-year-old Van Nistelrooy's replacement. Ruud Van Nistelrooy speaks after Leicester relegated to the Championship Title-winner Marc Albrighton fears for his former club, whose players return for pre-season training on Monday. The 35-year-old former wideman told SunSport: 'Most clubs are prepared for the worst now. 'They sack their manager in the morning and by the afternoon they've got someone else in charge. 'But it will be hard for Leicester to get someone in with a potential points deduction hanging over the club. 'Any new manager will be conscious of that and won't want to commit until they know what they're dealing with. 7 Title-winner Marc Albrighton exclusively opened up about his fears to SunSport Credit: Getty 'The fans will be expecting an early appointment, given the length of time the board must have known Ruud was going. 'But I wouldn't be too hasty with a new appointment. 'I'd be really thorough because they MUST get this appointment right. 'They obviously went through two major managerial changes last season, and they won't want to go through that again. 'They'll want a manager who is hopefully going to be there for quite a while. So I wouldn't be rushing too much into it if I was them."
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Leicester face battle to find a manager to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy amid points deduction fears
LEICESTER face a battle to convince their top managerial targets to take on the chaos gripping the crisis-hit club. The Foxes finally Liverpool with five games remaining. 7 Ruud van Nistelrooy left Leicester City this week 7 The Foxes were relegated back to the Championship after just one season Credit: Getty 7 Sean Dyche has been linked with the Leicester job Credit: Getty Sean Dyche and Sheffield Wednesday's departing boss Danny Rohl have emerged as the front-runners to replace the Dutchman following his marathon period as a dead-man walking. Former Wolves boss Gary O'Neil and ex-Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick are also on Leicester's radar. However, club chiefs will find it tough to persuade any potential candidate to accept what increasingly appears to be a poisoned chalice. The Foxes seem to be in freefall and have a potential points deduction hanging over them in the Championship as Prem bosses READ MORE LEICESTER NEWS Meanwhile, the club's main backers, King Power , have been plunged into a financial crisis and are feared to be on the brink of collapse after running up eye-watering losses of £450million. Legendary striker Jamie Vardy quit the East Midlands outfit this summer to cut the last ties with the club's 5,000-1 title-winning team which famously lifted Premier League trophy in 2016. Everton and Manchester United looking to sign the powerful midfielder. No fewer than EIGHT players have entered the final year of their contracts, while Van Nistelrooy banished Most read in Football 7 Former Wolves boss Gary O'Neil has been linked with taking over at the King Power Stadium Credit: AP 7 Manchester United legend Michael Carrick is also on the Foxes' radar after leaving Middlesbrough last month Credit: PA CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS With little cash available to patch up a wafer-thin squad already low on confidence following relegation, the new boss may also struggle to convince potential targets to join. It is a bleak prospect for Leicester chiefs — club chairman Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha and beleaguered director of football Jon Rudkin — as they try to find 48-year-old Van Nistelrooy's replacement. Ruud Van Nistelrooy speaks after Leicester relegated to the Championship Title-winner pre-season training on Monday. The 35-year-old former wideman told SunSport: 'Most clubs are prepared for the worst now. 'They sack their manager in the morning and by the afternoon they've got someone else in charge. 'But it will be hard for Leicester to get someone in with a potential points deduction hanging over the club. 'Any new manager will be conscious of that and won't want to commit until they know what they're dealing with. 7 Title-winner Marc Albrighton exclusively opened up about his fears to SunSport Credit: Getty 'The fans will be expecting an early appointment, given the length of time the board must have known Ruud was going. 'But I wouldn't be too hasty with a new appointment. 'I'd be really thorough because they MUST get this appointment right. 'They obviously went through two major managerial changes last season, and they won't want to go through that again. 'They'll want a manager who is hopefully going to be there for quite a while. So I wouldn't be rushing too much into it if I was them." 7 Jamie Vardy and Albrighton won the Premier League, FA Cup and Championship together at Leciester Credit: Getty
Daily Mirror
04-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Ex-stars with brain conditions linked to heading could be in line for care costs from FA
The campaign for financial support was led by John Stiles, son of Nobby, the England 1966 hero who died with dementia Former footballers with brain conditions linked to heading the ball could be paid care costs by the game's governing bodies. Changes to the Football Governance Bill would see chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and other neurological disorders like dementia treated as an "industrial injury" in the plans to be put before Parliament. The Football Association and Professional Footballers' Association may then be required by law to provide financial support for long term care. The Brain Health Fund, set up with an initial £1m in 2023 by the PFA union with support from the Premier League, has been criticised by campaigners. The Premier League said the fund has supported 121 families with at-home adaptations and care home fees. But Labour MP Chris Evans is among those who are pushing for the football authorities to contribute towards care costs faced by players who develop Alzheimer's, dementia and the likes of CTE after they have retired. John Stiles, son of Man Utd and England legend Nobby who died in 2020 aged 78, has led the calls for change. He chaired an event in Parliament last week to discuss the bill. He said: "How can it be right that heroes alive today like Tony Parkes, hundreds of others, don't get the cash for the care they deserve from an industry rolling with cash? "How can it be right that heroes like Chris Nicholl, Gordon McQueen, Jimmy Robson, Joe Kinnear, hundreds of others, died without getting help from an industry awash with cash?" Dr Judith Gates, 79, of Head Safe Football, has also campaigned for more financial help for footballers' families and more protection for young players from heading since the diagnosis of husband Bill Gates. The ex-Middlesbrough player, the first to earn £50-a-week, died in 2023 aged 79 from CTE. Judith, of Castle Eden, Co Durham, said it was vital that families were able to plan for long term care, adding: "At the moment, families of players must apply to the state first. "I find that unethical, the State is stretched enough. It seems to me that football should help those who have developed CTE as a result of playing the game." The heroes of 1966 Jack and Bobby Charlton, Martin Peters, Ray Wilson and Nobby Stiles died with dementia. The Football Governance Bill would create an independent regulator for the top five tiers of the men's game in England. That is designed to ensure clubs are run sustainably and are accountable to their fans. Mr Evans, the MP for Caerphilly MP, wants a financial scheme to provide care and support for ex-footballers. Mr Evans said he believed it was "absolutely disgraceful the way the PFA has treated these players". Sir Geoff Hurst, Kevin Keegan, Chris Sutton and David May backed the compensation scheme at a recent Commons event. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, who helped draft the amendment alongside Liverpool city region mayor Steve Rotheram, told the meeting: "It's like the game is in denial about the whole thing, and that just cannot continue." He added: "The game should fix it." The 2019 FIELD Study, co-funded by the PFA and the FA, found footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die of neurodegenerative disease than age-matched members of the population. Former Norwich and Blackburn striker Chris Sutton, whose father Mike, also a former footballer, died of dementia in 2020, said: "We are asking our industry to look after our own players who have been shunned and forgotten and their families, who face huge care costs. Is that too much to ask for?" The PFA and Premier League declined to comment. An FA spokesperson said: "We continue to take a leading role in reviewing and improving the safety of our game. "This includes investing in and supporting multiple projects in order to gain a greater understanding of this area through objective, robust and thorough research. "We have already taken many proactive steps to review and address potential risk factors which may be associated with football whilst ongoing research continues in this area including liaising with the international governing bodies." An EFL Spokesperson said: "The EFL is working closely with other football bodies to ensure that playing the game at both a professional and grassroots level is as safe as it can be. "This work includes ongoing research, education programmes for professional players and changes to the game itself, such as the use of concussion subs. "We continue to actively engage in discussions to ensure that those who have been impacted by this issue receive support."
