🦊⚽ The Post Horn Gallop #12 - Championship calendar set amid crisis... 🦊⚽
June 27: Leicester now know their 2025/26 Championship fixtures as the managerial hotseat and King Power's future continue to be debated ahead of the new season.
🦊 Good morning everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Post Horn Gallop. While the club stay silent amid more trouble for King Power, the fixture list for the 2025/26 Championship season has been confirmed. Keep up to date with all of the headlines:
All of the below was correct as of 7am on Friday, June 27. Stay tuned tomorrow for the latest on Ruud van Nistelrooy’s exit…
STANDOUT HEADLINES
2025/26 Championship fixtures confirmed - For more, go to Fixture News ⬇️
Van Nistelrooy sack deadline set - For more, go to The Dugout ⬇️
Leicester eye Manchester United wonderkid - For more, go to Transfers ⬇️
25-man squad named for pre-season - For more, go to The Dressing Room ⬇️
King Power crisis worsens - For more, go to Club News ⬇️
FIXTURE NEWS
📅 - Leicester City will take on Sheffield Wednesday in their 2025/26 season opener after learning their fixture list. Here are some of the key dates:
First day - Sheffield Wednesday (H)
Boxing Day - Watford (H)
New Year’s Day - Sheffield United (A)
Final day - Blackburn Rovers (A)
Take a look at the full fixture list here
🔍 - Leicestershire Live has taken a close look at the fixture list and suggested that the run-in could be key to the club’s hopes of promotion.
🎙️ - Championship expert Benjamin Bloom was also on hand to react to the fixture announcement with a live broadcast as it dropped. Tune in below:
🔙 - Away from their upcoming fixtures, Leicester City took a look back on standout first days from the past including some memorable Championship clashes, as well as past first-day showdowns with Sheffield Wednesday.
🏆 - Meanwhile, Leicester have also learned that they will take on League One side Huddersfield Town in the first round of the Carabao Cup. Find out more details here.
THE DUGOUT
❌ - Leicester are set to sack Ruud van Nistelrooy at the start of July so his severance package is included in next year’s financial results according to The Sun. It is further revealed that Sean Dyche is the strong favourite for the job.
👋 - talkSPORT also report the same story but add that director of football Jon Rudkin has been pushing for Dyche but club sources have denied that he has been lined up as Van Nistelrooy’s successor.
🙄 - EFL Analysis also offer their side of the story by suggesting that the Leicester hierarchy are split on the potential appointment of Dyche as next boss.
🤔 - Leicestershire Live’s Jordan Blackwell has been hard at work looking at Dyche’s potential appointment having revealed why they would want him, his potential plans and a telling comment he made to Gary Lineker regarding the job.
🦉 - Meanwhile, it appears that fellow candidate Danny Rohl will be on the move. As per The Star, negotiations are underway that would see him leave Sheffield Wednesday, which could leave him free for a move to Leicester.
💙 - One surprise option for the role could be club hero Andy King. The Telegraph report that he could take the manager’s job on an interim basis.
TRANSFERS
📝 - Leicester City are reportedly in talks with Asmir Begovic over a move to the King Power Stadium. The Bosnian is available on a free transfer after leaving Everton. Read more via Football Insider.
😈 - Meanwhile, the Foxes are interested in a deal for Manchester United striker Chido Obi Martin. On The Minute report that Middlesbrough and Ipswich are both also keen on the youngster, who could leave Old Trafford on loan.
🟠 - Football Insider have reported that Leicester are eyeing a move for Luton Town forward Millenic Alli. But they face competition from Championship rivals Sheffield United and Middlesbrough.
👀 - Sticking with the Red Devils, they may potentially make an attempt to sign midfielder Wilfred Ndidi. According to talkSPORT, both Man United and Premier League rivals Everton see him as a low-cost signing due to a £9m release clause.
👋 - Conor Coady could depart this summer with the Daily Record reporting that Rangers have ‘upped’ their attempts to sign him from Leicester.
🇲🇦 - Bilal El Khannouss’ future is up in the air, too. Africa Foot reports that Arsenal are best placed to sign him after an agreement with Leicester that he could leave. But as per Sacha Tavolieri, the Gunners have not made any contact over a deal.
🇩🇪 - Sacha Tavolieri has however revealed that German side Bayer Leverkusen are interested in El Khannouss as a potential replacement for Florian Wirtz and have even gone as far as submitting an enquiry.
⚒️ - West Ham are interested in Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, as per talkSPORT. The Foxes are open to selling due to PSR concerns.
🛑 - Leicester previously held an interest in Manchester City defender Juma Bah this summer according to Alan Nixon, but he has now completed a loan move to Nice.
🇩🇰 - Both Brondby and FC Copenhagen are interested in signing Jannik Vestergaard but his high wages could make a deal difficult for both Danish sides as per Tipsbladet.
🇮🇹 - Caleb Okoli is being targeted for a return to Italy, with Corriere dello Sport revealing he is on Bologna’s shortlist for a defensive addition.
🟡 - As per Africa Foot, Leicester are among a clutch of clubs interested in Borussia Dortmund star Soumaïla Coulibaly alongside Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Villarreal, and Benfica.
CLUB NEWS
😬 - King Power’s new CEO Nitinai Sirismatthakarn has opened up on the trouble that the company find themselves in by revealing that they are like a ‘patient surviving on oxygen’. He was speaking to The Nation TH.
📉 - Meanwhile, both EFL Analysis and BBC Radio Leicester have taken a look at the current situation and how it could impact Leicester City over the coming months.
🎫 - The Foxes have unveiled a new ticketing strategy that will see prices of game-by-game tickets reduced to levels used during the 2023/24 Championship campaign, with more affordable tickets available for supporters. Find out more.
THE DRESSING ROOM
👕 - With Leicester’s pre-season getting underway very soon, Leicestershire Live has compiled a list of 25 players who could be given a chance to play in the first game vs Peterborough United.
🔙 - Meanwhile, The Athletic’s Rob Tanner has taken a look at Leicester’s army of loanees and decided which could have an impact on the first team in the Championship next season.
OTHER NEWS
👀 - Former Leicester academy star Sidnei Tavares believes he has a ‘point to prove’ after returning to England with Blackburn Rovers. He spoke about his time with Leicester via an interview with his new club.
🗣️ THE POST HORN GALLOP VIEW:
Ah, the smell of a new season is in the air. Fixtures have been released and - on paper at least - the Foxes appear to have a relatively kind run throughout the season.
The only things left to do are to decide the manager’s future, sign a few players, release a kit and fight a potential points deduction. And that’s not to mention, potentially sort out the future of the financial backers of the club.
But other than that, everything seems absolutely fine. The apparent exit date of Van Nistelrooy appears to be on the horizon, sorted sooner rather than later. And hopefully, that will get the cogs moving. Finally.
Most Visited links from last newsletter:
💰 - Kinnaird Sports have taken a deep dive into Leicester’s financial results over the past decade and it’s worrying news for the club.
🤝 - Some major news from the club’s owners King Power as Aiyawatt "Top" Srivaddhanaprabha steps aside as the corporation’s CEO. Read more via Money and Banking Online.
🧭 - Filbert Way have taken a look back through the archives to see what some famous (or infamous) Leicester players are getting up to now after their exits from the club.
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I hope we use this season as a clean slate season. No more re-tread managers, no more old prem players on high wages. Let's go young and attacking. If we're not promoted, at least we'll enjoy the year.
Really do not want Dyche. We're in the championship. I want to be entertained not bored to death. Young manager with ideas for me. I'd accept Kingy with NP as his old head sidekick and Christian Fuchs as new DOF.