Reasons for Leicester’s troubles and concerns starting to emerge
By Akash Roy
The Trouble in Paradise
The mismanagement is just a living testament to the implemented transfer strategies. Buying two defenders from a poor defensive Southampton side on the current manager’s whims only expanded their share in the wages.
The incomings were nowhere near enough to match the outgoings- if we account for the players who have left the side, such as Kasper Schmeichel, Ademola Lookman, and Hamza Choudhury, we can see our squad has lost quality and depth. The club could and should have done better, as many sides are managing their debts better around Europe.
Parachute payments are the way forward, but City’s inactivity made us question whether the club even had a chalked-out action plan. Mutual termination of contracts for redundant players like Jannik Vestergaard or Ryan Bertrand could have at least sparked a conversation.
The Dane was unwilling to agree to a loan spell, but the club didn’t even push him to accept the move. That could have salvaged wages from the club’s payroll to protect finances, but were those stern alternatives even explored? Other clubs do it all the time; because, from a business standpoint, such methods are sustainable.