If you are a fan of Leicester City Football Club and like to be well-informed of on-field activities, as well as elements occurring away from the pitch - you have come to the right place! All of the plugged-in Foxes will know exactly who LCFC director of football Jon Rudkin is. Not to mention his (poor) reputation, not to mention why City supporters generally want him removed from office.
This is not a particularly long or difficult story to follow. Essentially, Rudkin was a youth coach with the East Midlands outfit years ago. He managed to work his way up the organisation's hierarchy and, ultimately, get in with owners the Srivaddhanaprabha family as their man in England, so to speak. Rudkin seemingly oversaw almost everything for The King Power International Group in the United Kingdom.
It is said that Rudkin's duties do not just cover football, he is involved in another sport for the company. The influential Leicester employee also apparent manages, or managed, the 'King Power team's' stables; their horses have reportedly been housed at Kingscler. As you can tell, ultimate trust is placed in the Englishman; he is unrivalled on Filbert Way. You could argue that he is the real power; only Khun Top (chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha) can alter this course of history.
Just look at Leicester's contemporary plight for literal answers. Evidently Rudkin is continuing to make waves and cause footballing problems, as explained below.
Footballer makes negative claim about Leicester City director of football Jon Rudkin
If you weren't aware, LCFC's King Power owners also own Belgium club Oud-Heverlee Leuven, or OH Leuven. A sister club, as they say.
It appears that Rudkin additionally holds significant sway over the Belgians. Lucky them!
Leicester, or the former, have been accused of blocking Standard Liège player Thomas Henry's move to Swansea City. The City chief was supposedly begged to allow the deal:
"I had agreed to go to Swansea. The coach at the time called me in March; it all happened very early. The problem was, I had scored 21 goals. I had increased my market value,” he said.Henry, via Sport Witness
“It wasn’t Leuven who handled the transfer; it was John Rudkin, Leicester’s sporting director The transfer didn’t go through. Swansea made two offers, I begged Rudkin to accept, but it didn’t happen, Swansea withdrew from negotiations."