Leicester earns Premier League promotion as financial issues loom

Leicester City has officially earned promotion back to the Premier League after one season in the second-tier Championship. Despite shocking the sporting world by winning the Premier League title in 2016 and playing nine consecutive seasons in the division, the Foxes were relegated from the English top flight after the 2022/23 campaign.

Nevertheless, Leicester will now be back in the Premier League for the 2024/25 campaign. The East Midlands club, however, did not secure a move up with a big victory. Instead, the Foxes benefited from Queens Park Rangers handing Leeds United a 4-0 beating on Friday. The result means that Leicester holds a four-point lead over the Whites, with Jesse Marsch’s old club having just one match remaining on the schedule.

While the Foxes have earned automatic promotion, the Championship title race is now yet over. Third-placed Ipswich Town is currently five points behind Leicester, but have three games on their fixture list. Leicester can secure the title with a win against Preston on Monday, along with Hull City getting a positive result at home to Ipswich. The top two Championship teams in the table are automatically promoted, while a third team must advance through the playoffs.

Club execs were forced to revamp squad ahead of current season

Leicester will now head back to the Premier League with essentially a new era of players. Club brass basically made wholesale changes to the squad last summer. Stars such as James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, and Timothy Castagne were all sold ahead of the current campaign. Youri Tielemans, Ayoze Perez, Caglar Soyuncu, Jonny Evans, and Daniel Amartey also departed on free transfers as well.

Enzo Maresca has done some fine work, but concerns remain that Leicester will be forced to sell players again before their Premier League adventure begins

Enzo Maresca has done some fine work, but concerns remain that Leicester will be forced to sell players again before their Premier League…

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Author : Chris Moore

Publish date : 2024-04-27 17:12:12

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