Leicester City taking ‘big risk’ after points deduction latest
Leicester City may have put themselves in greater danger of being relegated from the Championship if they are deducted an extra point.
That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, after Leicester decided to appeal their six-point deduction.
The Foxes were deducted the six points in early February after breaching financial rules, leaving the club only outside the Championship relegation zone on goal difference.
Leicester have since dropped into the bottom three following four games without a win, with Gary Rowett having recently taken over as manager.
Leicester make ‘poor decision’ behind the scenes
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes Leicester should have accepted the points deduction and moved on.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks an extra point deduction could prove “crucial” in their bid to stay up.
He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “I think sometimes, you know, the best part of valour is to accept your punishment and move on.
“But Leicester, look, they’re in deep trouble at the bottom of the table and that extra point could become crucial. So it’s a big risk.
“I don’t think it’s going to turn around that they’re going to get the six points reduced. My opinion would be that they’re going to go to seven. So I think it was a poor decision.”
Leicester hoping not to make unwanted history
Rowett is unbeaten in his first two games in charge as manager, with Leicester having taken a point at Stoke City and Middlesborough.
The Foxes remain a point from safety with Rowett’s first home game in charge against Norwich next, whose managerial change in November has seemingly got the Canaries out of relegation danger.
Leicester have not been in League One since 2009, their only season outside the top two tiers of English football.