Leeds United will hope to be joining Leicester City in the Premier League next season.Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca expects to receive a points deduction ahead of the 2024/25 season after being charged by the Premier League for breaches of their profitability and sustainability rules (PSR).
Leicester pipped Leeds United to automatic promotion from the Championship this season, finding the ability to string together three straight wins at a time when everyone else was stumbling. Maresca’s side spent the majority of the campaign in the top two and, despite hitting their own issues since the turn of the year, deserved their title.
But the success has been somewhat marred by ongoing financial issues at the King Power Stadium, with recently published accounts confirming losses of more than £200million over a three-year period in which the maximum permitted deficit was £105m. Multiple reports have suggested that the Foxes could be docked points, as happened with Everton and Nottingham Forest in recent months, and Maresca appears to be expecting such punishment.
“I signed for three years, and after such a positive year there isn’t much else to say (on the future),” Maresca told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “Even if the relegation has left a huge economic hole and unfortunately, we risk sanctions.
“There is the possibility that for the next championship they will take away points from us as happened this year to Everton and Nottingham. And obviously the market will also fly low. We have exited the Championship; we will face the Premier League with the same fighting spirit.”
