Leicester City are likely to go on a summer spending spree if they’re promoted to the Premier League as expected but their sizeable wage bill could impact the way they spend.
The Foxes are hoping to secure promotion back to the top flight and are on course to do so at the moment.
Leicester’s summer transfer plans likely to be impacted by hefty wage bill
While Leicester have been a dominant force in the Championship this term, Enzo Maresca will still want to make improvements to his squad in the summer to ensure they’re ready for the top flight – assuming of course they go up this term.
But the Foxes might not go on the sort of spending spree that we’ve seen from other promoted clubs in the past and that, according to Leicester Live’s Jordan Blackwell, is due to their hefty wage bill.
He suggested that six new signings would be needed for the Premier League but warned that it would not be a summer of splashing the cash.
Blackwell explained: “Profit and sustainability rules will have to be considered. City should be in a better place than where they were in the summer of 2022 because of all of the players leaving after relegation, like Barnes, Maddison, Tielemans, Evans, and Soyuncu.
“But they probably will have a higher wage budget than any promoted club has had previously, so even with the extra finances that come with being in the Premier League, you won’t see them spending willy-nilly.”
Player sales meant Maresca was able to add to his already impressive squad in the summer and he will want to do the same to ensure they can compete in the top flight but the club may have to be shrewd in the market.
