Leicester City have been condemned to the third tier of English football for only the second time in their history. The distant 2008/09 campaign was the last occasion that the Foxes were demoted to the depths of League One.
Yet a glorious and unprecedented renaissance emerged from those very doldrums, it must be said. At the helm stood Nigel Pearson, a granite-chiseled former centre back who masterminded a double promotion that ultimately heralded a return to the promised land of the Premier League.
Pearson then oversaw City's miraculous 2014/15 top flight survival. He did that whilst simultaneously compiling the core of the legendary squad that spectacularly captured the English Premier League title the subsequent year. The Nottingham-born man is technically (along with Steve Walsh Snr) a footballing genius.
​That fairytale was a decade ago now, and though an FA Cup triumph followed five years later, the LE2 outfit's harrowing slump kicked in shortly after. Now trapped in the second division's trapdoor aftermath, the Blue Army faithful desperately yearn for history to repeat its grandest fortunes.
A Leicester City repeat on the cards?
Promisingly, Football League World's latest AI simulation predicts the East Midlands side to emerge triumphant in the 2026/27 campaign. Hallelujah! Such a projection foresees an immediate return to the Championship, provided the hierarchy plays by the EFL's stricter new Salary Cost Management Protocol.
"The computer claims that, even with the loss of several high-profile names and an uncertain financial position, City still have a much stronger infrastructure than all of their divisional counterparts, allowing for a potentially huge advantage."FLW
​However, severe structural uncertainty technically renders this digital forecast arguably untrustworthy. The King Power dugout currently sits devoid of a manager, whilst a heavily burdened roster is on the verge of being completely gutted.
High earning stars are set to depart, leaving a threadbare team in their wake. Meanwhile, absolutely nobody (not even chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha nor chief football officer Jon Rudkin) truly knows what manner of recruits will arrive to spearhead this mandated rebuild.
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