Leicester have been charged by the Premier League for an alleged breach of PSR, and for “failing to submit their audited financial accounts to the League”
Breaking: #lcfc have been charged by the Premier League for an alleged breach of PSR, and for "failing to submit their audited financial accounts to the League". More to follow @TeleFootball
— John Percy (@JPercyTelegraph) March 21, 2024
by Zach-dalt
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When you see all the teams who finished just above you last year get done for breaches….
Need that Ralph Wiggum – I’m in danger – gif
Prays to all the gods for a point deduction this season 🙏
Points deduction to Reading.
Cheeky -4 then ta
[Leeds and Ipswich licking their lips right now](https://tenor.com/bBt6Z.gif)
On my hands and knees praying bro
Fascinated – interested by the language used by the club saying they’re “surprised” but considering the fact that they looked into what caused us to be relegated and didn’t get rid of the prime causes and nothing happened I don’t exactly trust it.
Despite that – PSR is a load of bollocks that punishes teams for trying to even stay at the table. We hardly spent compared to expenditure past few windows yet we’re still here
EDIT: as rightfully pointed out below our wages are stupid as well and it’s more likely the larger cause. I don’t know I’m fed up of the ever evolving clown show that seems to come from people in the board. Massive respect to Top and his family but he’s not Vichai and it’s why we’re here right now.
I think we all know how to handle this fairly. You know, for the fairness of the league, I hate it, but it’s for the sanctity of the game……
Oooh, makes a change from relegation being determined by point deductions.
Now we’re doing promotions.
Leicester try to get promoted without gaming the system somehow challenge – Impossible.
Question is if its being deducted this season or next?
Can the Prem even touch Leicester with them in the Championship
Having to refer us to an independent commission (like the EFL did with the business case) because their new “standard directions” don’t apply to us as they were introduced after we were relegated
Defence to the EFL – nah we were in the Prem
Defence to the Prem – nah we are in the Championship
Loophole FC
Good excuse not to go up!
You’re not from the East Midlands if you don’t get a points deduction
Well we break rules we suffer consequences. But I think its now obvious, given that only relegation threatened clubs are getting points deductions, this system is broken and keeps the rich clubs above the rest. Especially when you consider last season Leicester signed basically no-one (causing friction with the manager) to avoid this exact scenario. Maybe if Man City and Chelsea get charged, ill eat my words but even then, what’s -4 going to do to them (you’re crazy if you think they’ll be relegated)?
I’m all for financial restrictions, but the problem isn’t the small teams spending 20m too much, its Chelsea and Man city and Man U spending 100s of millions all the time and the league becoming more unequal every year
I know Leeds fans are gonna be bantering us and annoyed and whatever, but thinking not about your own club, I can’t see how this system is helping any of the current championship teams dreaming to get in the prem. Like surely you either just spend no money and go down or spend a little too much and get deducted? I’d be shocked if Leeds, Ipswich, Southampton etc. don’t have these rules affecting them in the prem if the rules continue like this
Insert “ha ha!” gif
I’m no Leicester fan (obvs) but these rules seem a bit ill thought-out. Fining clubs or docking them points that leads to relegation is not exactly the best way to encourage clubs keep financial losses to a minimum. Pretty much the opposite, in fact. And in a Premier League where the only way to win is to splash out a shit tonne of cash, this just smacks of keeping the rich clubs at the top while keeping smaller clubs struggling. Feels like it’s designed to inevitably catch out every club that isn’t the Big 6. Fook that.
Fuck the premier league. It’s failed. The league it wants to be is the championship.
As someone here once said “the worst thing about the championship is you’re rewarded with promotion to the premier league.”
They’ll get away with it like they did administration. Always cheating
Now would be a great time for Ant & Dec to re-release, ‘Let’s get ready to Crumble!’.
Still nothing for 115 city 👍👍
Leicester fans tying themselves in knots trying to justify why this is unfair because they were ‘trying to break into the top 6’ or something (they have no awareness of how them financially cheating affects smaller teams than them)
FA/EFL to dock LUFC 20 points to teach Leicester a lesson
The problem I have is that if the points deduction comes in next season if/when they get back in the prem, how is that actually any fairer? Because they’ll have the promotion winnings plus the invariable parachute payments if they get relegated so it seems to me it’s actually financially rewarding them for a financial misstep.
Of course as an ITFC girl I’d love for the points deduction right now!
Oh no. I hope if we are docked points (hopefully just 4) they do it before the season so we are ready and aware, that is if we make it up.
We will magnanimously accept their forfeited points
>If Leicester do not return to the top flight at the first attempt, it is thought any penalty imposed by the Premier League could be administered by the EFL.
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/21/leicester-city-charged-by-premier-league-over-alleged-breach-of-psr-rules](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/21/leicester-city-charged-by-premier-league-over-alleged-breach-of-psr-rules)
One way or another, they could start next season with negative points, regardless of what league they’re in.
As usual the Ipswich/leeds/saints fans are celebrating this without realising the significant effect this new enforcement of the rules has on their own clubs if they go up – and for the latter two, if they don’t go up.
The only difference with Leicester was they invested for a couple of years to get into the top 6, got there and played in Europe, fell off in one season, and that’s not long enough to turn the taps off spending.
Leicester are having a mare right now 🤣
I think they should deduct 100 points, for obvious fairness. And then give us 10 extra cause Stuart Armstrong has such nice hair
Laugh it up, and we should take whatever punishment is given….
…but… if we can go up, win the league, finish 5th, 5th, 7th, get to the quarters of the champions league, play in Europe in four of the last five seasons… while nearly every season selling for massive profits (Kante, Mahrez, Maddison, Barnes, Chilwell, Fofana, Drinkwater, Maguire all leaving for eye watering sums)… selling out the stadium (32,000) almost every game during that time… and we fall foul of this… I don’t think the future is rosy for anyone outside of the ‘big six’.
Let’s see what happens to Brentford when Frank/Toney leave; Brighton when De Zerbi, Mitoma leave; West Ham when Bowen, Kudus, Paqueta leave. Might get lucky with transfers (as we did for a few years), but takes one or two bad seasons of transfers and you’re done for.
I think, as a completely unbiased fan of a team that isn’t on 80+ points, that both Leeds and Leicester’s financial situations should continue to be looked deeply into for the sake of fairness in the Championship promotion race. And if those Finances are found to be inconsistent and potentially illegal, they should both receive a solid 10 point deduction.
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What do you mean, That puts Southampton Second? My goodness me, I hadn’t even noticed…