🦊⚽ The Post Horn Gallop #14 - Röhling into pre-season...🦊⚽
July 4: Leicester City get their pre-season underway this weekend as the pursuit of Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Rohl steps up.
🦊 Good morning everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Post Horn Gallop. The 2025/26 season is just around the corner with pre-season set to start this week. The only issue is that Leicester don’t have a manager.
With their first warm-up game against Peterborough United set to come this weekend, will they have one in time? Get up to date with all of the latest headlines:
STANDOUT HEADLINES
Former star opens up on ‘carnage’ - For more, go to Transfers ⬇️
Danny Rohl drops major Leicester clue - For more, go to The Dugout ⬇️
Players return for pre-season - For more, go to Pre-season ⬇️
Major chief quits King Power - For more, go to Club News ⬇️
Fan group to hold live event - For more, go to Other News ⬇️
Next game: Leicester City vs Peterborough United (Seagrave Training Ground, July 5, 12:30pm KO)
THE DUGOUT
👋 - So, with Ruud van Nistelrooy gone, Leicester are starting their search for a new manager. And that man could well be Danny Rohl, with Mail Online reporting that the German has already told Sheffield Wednesday he is leaving the club. Talks have been held between the two clubs.
👀 - But it might not be so straightforward, Mail Online also reports that Rohl is of interest to Brentford, who want to appoint him as an assistant to new boss Keith Andrews.
⏰ - Whoever the next manager might be, Leicester need to get a move on. The Athletic [paywall] have released an excellent piece from Jordan Halford suggesting that the delay will only cause more issues next season.
🆙 - And while there is work to do, Rohl already has the thumbs up from Lee Hendrie, who has backed him to get Leicester promoted back to the Premier League.
Speaking to Football League World, he said: "Yeah, Danny Rohl, I think Leicester should go for him. I really do.
"I think he is a very good manager. He has proved that he can do it at this level, even with a side on a very minimal budget.
"I think Leicester will be strong this season. They have got a good squad of players, and I am sure they will add to that as well.
"Danny Rohl, for me, is a very, very good manager, and I think he can steer them back to the Premier League."
TRANSFERS
😬 - Former Leicester star Daniel Iversen has opened up on the behind-the-scenes ‘carnage’ that eventually saw him seal a move to Championship rivals Preston North End. He was speaking to the Lancashire Post.
🥊 - Sticking with goalkeepers, Mail Online suggest that both Chelsea and West Ham are set to go head-to-head for the signing of Mads Hermansen this summer.
🔙 - Meanwhile, Danny Ward has already found a new club having returned to Wrexham at the end of his Leicester deal. See what he had to say here.
🔴 - Leicester could be about to do a couple of bits of business with Nottingham Forest this summer. According to Fabrizio Romano, Forest are eyeing Viktor Kristiansen as a full-back addition, while as per Leicestershire Live, the Foxes are pursuing a loan deal for centre-back David Carmo.
🐈 - Kristiansen is also apparently of interest to Sunderland, as per Tipsbladet, who suggest that Roma's former sporting director Florent Ghisolfi could make a renewed move.
🇳🇬 - Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has plenty of interest in his services. Turkiye Gazetesi report that Fenerbahce are interested, with sporting director Devin Özek flying to the UK for talks. And Ben Jacobs has revealed that Real Betis, Everton, Man United and Juventus are all also considering the Nigerian.
❌ - It looks like Leicester will not be moving for Soumaila Coulibaly, with Strasbourg set to sign the Borussia Dortmund star as per Fabrizio Romano.
🇪🇸 - Another player that Leicester won’t sign this summer is Deportivo de La Coruña’s Yeremay Hernández, who is set to stay with the Spanish side despite interest from the King Power Stadium.
Speaking to La Provincia, he said: “I’m staying at Dépor because it’s my decision, what I want and longed for. I’ve made it, and that’s the most important thing.”
🔵 - Jamie Vardy and Conor Coady could potentially be teammates at Rangers next season. As per Mail Online, the Scottish giants are keen on both.
⛔ - Leicester had reportedly been keeping tabs on Salford City’s young striker Will Wright but he now appears set for a move to Liverpool as per Mail Online.
⚽ - One man that the Foxes could move for this summer is Oxford City’s Jayden Carbon. Football Insider reveal that Leicester are going head-to-head with Wrexham for the teenager.
🤔 - Finally on the transfer front, Leicester are reportedly looking to do a deal for Michael Keane according to Football Insider, with the centre-back now a free agent after leaving Everton. Keane previously had a loan spell in the East Midlands.
PRE-SEASON
🔙 - Leicester City have provided plenty of pre-season content on their YouTube channel, with a number of videos showing the players returning to Seagrave, undergoing testing and receiving instructions from interim boss Andy King.
🎙️ - Defender James Justin also featured in an interview upon his return and appears keen for a reset ahead of Leicester’s return to the Championship.
📺 - Meanwhile, Leicester have confirmed that this Saturday’s pre-season friendly clash with Peterborough United will be free for fans to watch on YouTube. Tune in here.
CLUB NEWS
🥴 - The King Power drama in Thailand has continued. As per The Nation, Airports of Thailand has denied that there is an agreement with the corporation to extend their repayment period for their debts.
💨 - Leicester commercial director Dan Barnett has left the club to join Scottish club Hibernian as their new CEO. Read the full statement here.
💰 - Football Finance expert Kieran Maguire has been giving some detailed explanations on Leicester’s current financial woes, and the potential PSR charges they could face. He featured on the Second Tier Podcast before having a conversation with Benjamin Bloom.
🔍 - You may have noticed this week’s edition is quite Mail Online heavy. That’s because writer Tom Collomosse hosted a live Q and A with fans to explain the club’s finances, boardroom changes, transfers, the pursuit of a new manager and much more.
OTHER NEWS
📊 - Fan group the Foxes Trust are set to hold an online event on July 8 to run through the end of season survey results. You can find out more information and book a place here.
🥅 - Former Leicester striker Emile Heskey featured on the latest episode of Leicester’s The Place podcast to talk through his career with the club.
❔ - Meanwhile, if you fancy some more nostalgia, our friends at Filbert Way have taken a look back to see what some famous (or infamous) former Leicester players are up to now including Kevin Ellison, Yunus Akgun and Ron-Robert Zieler. Read more here
🗣️ THE POST HORN GALLOP VIEW:
It’s pre-season already! It feels like it comes around earlier each and every year. Those in the King Power Stadium boardroom probably feel the same.
As it stands, the club still have no manager, which is frankly embarrassing. Yes, Van Nistelrooy had to go, but there should have been at least some forward planning or discussions about his likely successor.
It seems unlikely that Rohl - or any other manager - will be in situ before this weekend’s game against Peterborough United. And that really puts Leicester on the backfoot.
In other news however, I’m looking forward to seeing the results of the Foxes Trust’s end of season survey. Hopefully, it’ll give the club a clearer understanding of just how they’re letting supporters down right now.
Most Visited links from last newsletter:
👎 - Fellow journalist Henry Winter has spoken out and slammed Leicester for taking so long in making their decision to sack Van Nistelrooy. Read what he had to say here.
😖 - John Percy of The Telegraph has given a look behind the scenes including broken promises to Van Nistelrooy and some resistance within an ‘unbalanced’ squad to the Dutchman’s methods.
📅 - 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. Take a look at the full fixture list here
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