Leicester PSR outrage: ‘Relegation wanted for Ruud van Nistelrooy’
Leicester City deserve to get relegated after the club avoiding PSR punishment from the Premier League, according to Simon Jordan.
The Foxes were expected to be penalised and receive a points deduction for failing the league’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR), but no charges have been brought against the club. [The Guardian]
The Midlands side managed to avoid sanctions after arguing that the Premier League had no right to charge them, due to a confusion on which division they were registered in when they submitted their accounts, following the club’s relegation to the Championship in the 2022/23 season, as reported to Football Insider by Stefan Borson exclusively.
The decision drew the ire of Jordan on talkSPORT (10.14am), as Jim White pointed out: “That’s no fault of their own, you would do the same as Leicester.”
Jordan responded: “Of course it is, of course I would, I don’t admire it in terms of the governance of the game being effective, but I understand and appreciate the commercial reality of what Leicester have done. Do they deserve to be sanctioned by the governance of the game? By the governance of the game they should be sanctioned.
“They’ve got away with it. I hope they get relegated.”
Leicester have avoided a points deduction but now they have to find a winning formula
Football Insider Verdict
The news today will have been a great relief to Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy, but his side are still in deep trouble.
The Foxes’ attempts at PSR compliance are causing the club to have to make hard decisions in the transfer window, as shown by the decision to forego buying Kyle Walker-Peters and favouring cheaper option, Woyo Coulibaly.
Steve Cooper was sacked by the club whilst they were out of the relegation zone, and replacement Van Nistelrooy has only managed to pick up four points in the ensuing eight league games.
It is fair to wonder whether bringing in the inexperienced Dutchman was the right move, whilst Cooper’s football was pragmatic, with the financial struggles the club are having, that money could have been potentially used in the January transfer window on new players.
The transfer business in the Summer was head-scratching to say the least, Bilal El Khannous and Oliver Skipp were the club’s major signings and whilst good players in their own right, neither player has a lot of pedigree in terms of being involved in a relegation scrap.
Leicester now have a little over two weeks remaining to make a decision on their transfer business, the club could look to go for broke and sign as much talent as possible having avoided a points deduction, but that may be a dangerous move long-term.
In other news, the Foxes are in a race to sign one of Tottenham’s main targets this January.
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