🦊⚽ The Post Horn Gallop - Friday 2nd May 2025 🦊⚽
Danny Rohl is reportedly interested in replacing Ruud van Nistelrooy, Jamie Vardy has made a final decision as Wilfred Ndidi linked with bargain move
🦊 Good morning everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Post Horn Gallop. It was another disappointing weekend for Leicester and Southampton are the Foxes’ next opponents. Get up to date with all of the latest Foxes headlines:
STANDOUT HEADLINES
Vardy makes decision after Leicester exit - For more, go to Transfers ⬇️
Championship boss ‘interested’ in Foxes job - For more, go to The Dugout ⬇️
Hermansen out for the season - For more, go to Team News ⬇️
Gary Neville agrees with Van Nistelrooy - For more, go to Analysis ⬇️
EFL confirm major rule change - For more, go to Other News ⬇️
Last result: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Leicester City (Cunha 33’, Strand Larsen 56’, Gomes 85’)
Next game: Leicester City vs Southampton (King Power Stadium, May 3, 3pm KO)
TRANSFERS
📝 - Jamie Vardy is reportedly ‘open’ to a move to boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday, as per EFL Analysis. However, Sky Sports report that Vardy does NOT want to sign for a Championship club and is instead keen to stay in the Premier League.
🐺 - Sticking with Vardy, he has been strongly linked with a move to Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Sun report that the Black Country side are frontrunners for his signature but Rudy Galetti has claimed that they are not interested at all.
🗣️ - Speaking to BBC 5 Live Breakfast, Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson has cooled talk of a move for Vardy by suggesting he won’t speak about new signings until the current season is over.
👋 - Wilfred Ndidi could also be on the move this summer. The BBC’s Nizaar Kinsella has revealed a £9m release clause is written into his contract. Meanwhile, Fanatik suggest that Fenerbahce has been offered his services, with Jose Mourinho having the final call. talkSPORT reports there is interest from Premier League rivals Crystal Palace, Fulham and Everton.
🇩🇰 - Mads Hermansen has also been urged to leave the club this summer by former Denmark international Brian Laudrup. He spoke to ViaPlay.
🤝 - Boubakary Soumare could potentially be one of the first out of the exit door. Sacha Tavolieri has claimed via Sky Sport that an agreement could see him leave for €10m amid interest from France and Saudi Arabia.
🖊️ - Caleb Okoli’s agent Alessandro Barison has spoken out to TuttoMercatoWeb and suggested that he will hold talks with Leicester amid reported interest from AC Milan but has not totally ruled out his client staying at the club.
🇮🇹 - Wout Faes could join his current teammate in Italy. Corriere dello Sport report that Lazio are still interested and could attempt to sign him for a bargain fee.
⭐ - Oxford United boss has tipped Ben Nelson for a Premier League move should he not play for Leicester next season. Read what he had to say in the Oxford Mail.
🤔 - Speaking with Football League World, Don Goodman has suggested that Harry Winks could STAY at Leicester with a change of manager.
👐 - Away from outgoings, Leicester have been credited with an interest in Spartak Subotica goalkeeper Aleksandar Vulic having scouted him. That is according to Lorenzo Lepore.
🔎 - Amid all of the rumours, Leicestershire Live’s Jordan Blackwell has suggested that Leicester could need FOUR signings to add to their starting XI this summer.
THE DUGOUT
👀 - There has been plenty of talk regarding the manager’s position and potential candidate Danny Rohl has spoken out on his job at Sheffield Wednesday.
As quoted by The Star, he said: “The chairman of the club knows my decision. This is important and the club know what is in my mind. I think today, tomorrow is not the day to speak about this, it is about after the season. We want to finish the season and then let’s see in which direction it goes.”
👍 - Meanwhile, Football Insider’s Mick Brown has claimed that Rohl would be interested in a move to the King Power Stadium should Van Nistelrooy be sacked.
1️⃣ - Despite interest in Rohl, The Sun claim that ex-Southampton boss Russell Martin is the Foxes’ first-choice but Rangers are also interested in him.
❌ - Liam Rosenior was also a reported candidate but he has signed a new deal with French side Strasbourg.
🥴 - Back to current boss Van Nistelrooy now. He has revealed that he has yet to find out if he will be in charge next season and has demanded ‘alignment’ from those above him. Read more from LeicestershireLive here.
😡 - Those comments come after Van Nistelrooy tore into his Leicester players for their performance in the 3-0 defeat to Wolves at the weekend. The full story can be found via The Mirror here.
TEAM NEWS
🤕 - Mads Hermansen has been ruled out for the rest of the season after undergoing surgery. Jakub Stolarczyk is set to play in his place for the remainder of the campaign.
🤕 - Ruud van Nistelrooy has also revealed that Bobby De Cordova-Reid will miss the remainder of the campaign, while Facundo Buonanotte and Ricardo Pereira will be absent for this weekend’s game vs Southampton. Read the full update from Leicestershire Live.
ANALYSIS
🐐 - Despite it having been a week since his announcement, tributes continue to come in for Jamie Vardy. Henry Winter spent a whole episode of The Winter View podcast hailing him. David Skelling also penned a great piece in Original Football suggesting that there would not be another like him:
😔 - The Athletic’s Rob Tanner [paywall] has also provided a brilliant look at the failings of not just this season but over the past few years amid back-to-back Premier League relegations.
🎙️ - As always, the latest episode of the When You’re Smiling podcast from BBC Radio Leicester has got fans talking. It has taken a look at the defeat to Wolves and what comes next.
🗣️ - The Overlap have discussed Van Nistelrooy’s spat with Harry Winks, with Gary Neville and Roy Keane taking the Dutchman’s side.
🎥 - Benjamin Bloom has also offered his take on what has gone drastically wrong for the Foxes. Tune in below:
OTHER NEWS
💙 - Amid the Vardy tributes, former Leicester boss Enzo Maresca was among those to speak out. Read what he had to say via football.london
🔀 - The EFL have confirmed changes to Profit and Sustainibility rules that would allow them to charge clubs that breached the rules in the Premier League. Read more here
🏥 - Foxes stars James Justin and Caleb Okoli visited the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Leicester Royal Infirmary earlier this week, meeting patients, staff and family. Read the full details from LCFC
⚽ - Fan group Union FS has urged supporters to get involved in their annual charity tournament this summer. There are only two slots remaining so get the details you need here
🗣️ THE POST HORN GALLOP VIEW:
Another week, another pretty dismal one from a Leicester City perspective. It’s certainly no shock seeing a host of stars linked away with moves from the club following relegation.
But you’d have to question, who would want to buy some of the players after what have been some very dismal performances this term.
It might not be a bad thing entirely for Leicester though, with the club in real need of a fresh start - and that includes the manager. It’s baffling that the club still haven’t made a decision on his future. Whether that changes after this weekend’s game with Southampton, we shall see.
Most Visited links from last newsletter:
🔍 - John Percy of The Telegraph provided a a deep dive into the problems that have led to Leicester’s return to the Championship.
😬 - Meanwhile, Rob Tanner at The Athletic has also gave a detailed look behind the curtain of Leicester’s demotion. He has spoken to sources to find out what exactly went wrong.
👀 - Despite the club already feeling the effects of relegation, Henry Winter believes there is a silver lining in Leicester’s youth ranks. Read what he had to say here
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