Leicester are ABOUT to mess up winning the Premier

[Not Andy Naylor]

OMG - I agree with Ernest.

But of course being regarded as the Championship equivalent of Leicester is something our club should regard as a great compliment. Hemed, Kayal, Knockaert, Skalak, Goldson etc are all smart signings that prove you don't need parachute payments to succeed at this level.

 

[Megazone]

Are you forgetting Leicesters administration a few years ago ?

Agreed. I don't think Leicester should be complimented for the expenditure. They're an example of how you don't go spending your cash.

 

[Weststander]

The best thing about Leicester winning the title will be that all those managers who think they have to buy massively expensive foreign players (Otamendi £34m, Mangala £32m+, Schneiderlin £27m, Di Maria £57m) will have to explain to their owners exactly how Leicester managed to finish above them despite spending next to nothing.

And the massive financial gap between this season's top two:

Spuds
Squad cost £220m and a £101 wage bill. Able to raid for the proven likes of Pochettino, Alderweireld, Vertongen, Dembele, Eriksen at will, with a vast scouting network, having the attraction to recruits of being a 'big' club and thesedays the draw of London too.

LCFC
Squad cost £54m and a £57m wage bill.

Ranieri is performing a once in a lifetime sporting miracle.

 

[Stat Brother]

And the massive financial gap between this season's top two:

Spuds
Squad cost £220m and a £101 wage bill. Able to raid for the proven likes of Pochettino, Alderweireld, Vertongen, Dembele, Eriksen at will, with a vast scouting network, having the attraction to recruits of being a 'big' club and thesedays the draw of London too.

LCFC
Squad cost £54m and a £57m wage bill.

Ranieri is performing a once in a lifetime sporting miracle.

Is that only half the story, (money isn't really my area of expertise) .

What's the gap between income?

Is it possible that Leicester have actually spent more, with Spurs finances massively inflated by Bale's transfer.

 

[biddles911]

Is that only half the story, (money isn't really my area of expertise) .

What's the gap between income?

Is it possible that Leicester have actually spent more, with Spurs finances massively inflated by Bale's transfer.

Couldn't give you a definitive answer but my recollection is that the Bale money was blown on a bunch of largely useless players who were moved on pretty quickly so I think the current group is largely post-Bale.

 

[OzMike]

3 points from 3 games for the Foxes to win Premiership.
They could wrap it up with 2 games to spare !

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Couldn't give you a definitive answer but my recollection is that the Bale money was blown on a bunch of largely useless players who were moved on pretty quickly so I think the current group is largely post-Bale.

Fairly sure that Eriksen, Lamela and Chadli were amongst those bought with the Bale money. Hard to judge it just like that though - what's to say that money didn't also fund improved contracts to retain the likes of Kane, Loris, etc?

 

[biddles911]

Fairly sure that Eriksen, Lamela and Chadli were amongst those bought with the Bale money. Hard to judge it just like that though - what's to say that money didn't also fund improved contracts to retain the likes of Kane, Loris, etc?

You're right! I just checked..... but they did blow another £50m on 4 more players, including Soldado, who didn't cut it, so I don't think you can say that their recruitment has been great and clearly they've spent a shed load more money than Leicester......

 

[Weststander]

Leicester are deserved champions. Beat the full array of clubs with huge financial, player and scouting resources. I doubt a club of their size will do this again in our lifetimes.

And what a PL season ... far better than the predictable 9 month parades each year in Italy, Germany and France for example.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Some muppets wanted to cash in a couple of months ago

 

[Maldini]

And what a PL season ... far better than the predictable 9 month parades each year in Italy, Germany and France for example.

Wow.Don't get carried away with one season.

Next year it will once more be Chelsea or City.Boring.

 

[dangull]

Or Man U, Arsenal, Liverpool, Swansea. Far from being boring.