Are Leicester genuine title contenders?

[genome]

Is it just me who laughs at the fact this thread title is shortened on the main page to "Are Leicester genuine tit"

No?

Just me?

Moving on.

[Libertine]

If I was him I would walk away now. his stock will never be higher in Leicester fans eyes and maybe in english football fans eyes. if he stays he can only dent his new found reputation.

Nawwww, not in his DNA. He will be sticking around for one more season if for no other reason the Champions League football. After that? Who knows. I do believe him when he said that Leicester City will be his last job. When his run is over there so will be his career. He really is a quality manager so I don't see it going sideways for him for a few years at least. At least until there is major turnover in the squad and that camaraderie that carried them to the title is gone.

And he will always be legend in Leicester, no matter what happens. A whole generation of young boys there will be named Claudio.

[Ian Royal]

If I was him I would walk away now. his stock will never be higher in Leicester fans eyes and maybe in english football fans eyes. if he stays he can only dent his new found reputation.

If he finishes mid-table next season it won't diminish a thing IMO. Particularly if they lose a bunch of players. You'd have to bet on them at least staying up, and with their new income, they can offer a big pay rise to the players for a year, with the promise they can leave if they're not still competing at the top at the end, and they can provide them + new recruits with Champions League Football.

I can't see the likes of Vardy, Mahrez and co significantly damaging their stock from where it is currently in one season. Ok, so they may not get moves to the really big boys like Utd, City, Arsenal and Spurs on £150k+, but they'll still get moves to the second tier like Liverpool and Chelsea on £80k+ and in the meantime they get to defend a title, play in Europe and earn about three times what they got this season.

[6ft Kerplunk]

they can offer a big pay rise to the players for a year

Yeah, cos that how football finances work. Some idiot will give them massive new 3-5 year contracts and forget about needing a relegation clause because now they've won the league nothing bad will ever happen to them. Really hope it doesn't happen but I can see them back in the Championship within 3 years with massive debts.

[From Despair To Where?]

I would like to think that someone like Vardy, who's 29 and was playing non league 4 years ago, would figure that this is good as it gets and would want to stick around. It has a similar vibe to the 106 team and Mahrez and Kante are the only 2 I can see furthering their careers away from Leicester.

[Hoop Blah]

Although by the same token Vardy may think that this summer is his one and only chance to make that big move on a mega-bucks contract at one of the big boys.

I hope the money Leicester are making from this success (and the offer of Champions League football) allows them to keep the players but I won't hold my breath. Money talks.

[No Fixed Abode]

Although by the same token Vardy may think that this summer is his one and only chance to make that big move on a mega-bucks contract at one of the big boys.

I hope the money Leicester are making from this success (and the offer of Champions League football) allows them to keep the players but I won't hold my breath. Money talks.

Money does talk - but so does longevity of success and size of the club.

[Hoop Blah]

Money does talk - but so does longevity of success and size of the club.

True, he'll probably end up with one of the top clubs like United or Arsenal then.....

[No Fixed Abode]

Money does talk - but so does longevity of success and size of the club.

True, he'll probably end up with one of the top clubs like Arsenal then.....

But what if he wants to win the league again?

[Hoop Blah]

But what if he wants to win the league again?

He'll sign for City, or Liverpool....we all know it'll be there season next year.

[Winston Smith]

Although by the same token Vardy may think that this summer is his one and only chance to make that big move on a mega-bucks contract at one of the big boys.

he reportedly signed a new contract with them recently on £80k a week with no release clause.

obv that doesn't have to mean he won't want to leave but it gives a strong suggesting that he is happy staying

[Forbury Lion]

they can offer a big pay rise to the players for a year

Yeah, cos that how football finances work. Some idiot will give them massive new 3-5 year contracts and forget about needing a relegation clause because now they've won the league nothing bad will ever happen to them. Really hope it doesn't happen but I can see them back in the Championship within 3 years with massive debts.

As a Reading fan I would be happy if we won the Premier League and then ended up in the championship 3 years on with massive debts...... as opposed to where we were with Anton, back in the championship with massive debts and no title. Likewise Portsmouth winning the FA Cup. These moments go down in history and are worth the pain that may follow.

[Sanguine]

Championship sure, but I'm not sure 'doing a Pompey' is top of my wishlist.

[Ian Royal]

they can offer a big pay rise to the players for a year

Yeah, cos that how football finances work. Some idiot will give them massive new 3-5 year contracts and forget about needing a relegation clause because now they've won the league nothing bad will ever happen to them. Really hope it doesn't happen but I can see them back in the Championship within 3 years with massive debts.

As a Reading fan I would be happy if we won the Premier League and then ended up in the championship 3 years on with massive debts...... as opposed to where we were with Anton, back in the championship with massive debts and no title. Likewise Portsmouth winning the FA Cup. These moments go down in history and are worth the pain that may follow.

Winning the PL and being back in the Championship within a few years is an absolute no brainer.

Winning the FA Cup by cheating and then dropping to League 2 is also a no brainer, but the other way around.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Calling TBM.....calling TBM

I have no doubts that you have already settled your bet

But

Believe me.....it was worse for me in the Kettering head office Tuesday morning

[Jack Celliers]

Leicester's big problem next year might be the massive amount of money they now have available for transfers to increase the size of the squad for the Champion's league. It might be like the Bale money at Spurs, the Suarez money at Liverpool or the Benteke/Delph money at Villa and will probably be spent on shit players from minor European leagues or Spain, who dilute the squad and make everything a bit more rubbish. Some of these players will still be at the club when they are back in the Championship in 2020.

[AthleticoSpizz]

You should get a job at Talksquawk Jack



.........nothing like hedging your bets and speaking the frikkin obvious

[genome]

It may have taken a couple of years but I'd wager Spurs have done well from the Bale money.

[stealthpapes]

Leicester's big problem next year might be the massive amount of money they now have available for transfers to increase the size of the squad for the Champion's league. It might be like the Bale money at Spurs, the Suarez money at Liverpool or the Benteke/Delph money at Villa and will probably be spent on shit players from minor European leagues or Spain, who dilute the squad and make everything a bit more rubbish. Some of these players will still be at the club when they are back in the Championship in 2020.

That Bale money at Spurs has basically been used to generate the current squad that they've got. It took players like Erikson and Lamela time to bed in.

[Jack Celliers]

Leicester's big problem next year might be the massive amount of money they now have available for transfers to increase the size of the squad for the Champion's league. It might be like the Bale money at Spurs, the Suarez money at Liverpool or the Benteke/Delph money at Villa and will probably be spent on shit players from minor European leagues or Spain, who dilute the squad and make everything a bit more rubbish. Some of these players will still be at the club when they are back in the Championship in 2020.

That Bale money at Spurs has basically been used to generate the current squad that they've got. It took players like Erikson and Lamela time to bed in.

Erikson looks a great player, and Lamela and Chadli have been great at times, but Spurs bought about eight players with their £85,000, many of whom went into the first team and weren't half as good as Sigurdson, who they discarded. If Leicester spend their money on the likes of Chiriches, Soldado, Paulinho, Capoue, etc, they are stuffed.