Sunday, 10 March 2013

Exclusive car spotted in King Power Stadium car park

A highly exclusive, limited edition car has been spotted in the car park at the King Power Stadium.

The 500bhp Benarrow PB5 car - registered as 37 BEN with a list price of €270,000 - has been previously spotted in Monaco and was parked amongst the players' cars during Leicester City's home fixture against Sheffield Wednesday.

The mystery of who the Audi-based car belongs to is yet to be solved, but whoever owns the car is part of a highly exclusive club: only three of the German-engineered vehicles have been produced.

Friday, 1 March 2013

Club owners buy King Power Stadium

Leicester City's Thai owners have further increased their stakeholding in the football club with news today that they have purchased the King Power Stadium.

With their name above the door on an existing sponsorship deal and the majority shareholding of the club, the Srivaddhanaprabha family have furthered their commitment to the club with a £17 million investment to purchase the remainder of the stadium from Teachers, an American pension fund who acquired the ground when the club entered administration in 2003.

The stadium deal, which sees ownership transfer not to the football club but to King Power Holdings, frees £1.5 million in annual rental that the Foxes were paying to Teachers and makes the King Power group and their owners the sole creditors of the club.

It is unknown how much the Srivaddhanaprabhas have invested in the club and how much they have offered as loans.

Thursday, 21 February 2013

City loan for Spurs youngster Kane

Leicester City have secured the services of Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane, on loan until the end if the season.

The 19-year-old, whose season loan deal was cancelled by loaning club Norwich City last month, has previously seen success in the Championship. He scored nine goals during a stay in Millwall last year.

Leicester manager Nigel Pearson is delighted to have secured the services of the England youngster.

"He's a player we know quite a lot about and I am delighted," he told the BBC, "He can play as wide striker or as a central striker. He is a decent size as well and gives us another option in forward positions.

"If you are going to bring players in on loan they have to have a hunger for success and I am confident we have another player coming into our ranks who will bring a lot of positive qualities to the squad.

"Hopefully he will bring goals and a fresh impetus. It keeps the competition really keen."

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Moore set for Brentford loan

Young Foxes defender Liam Moore is set for a loan spell at Brentford, Nigel Pearson confirmed tonight.

Speaking to the BBC following Leicester City's home defeat to Charlton Athletic, the manager said that Moore will benefit from a spell of first-team action. With the City squad back to full fitness - and long-term injuries to defenders Sean St Ledger and Zak Whitbread both cleared-up - Moore's first-team opportunities at the King Power Stadium have been limited since his run in the squad towards the start of the season.

Friday, 15 February 2013

Pearson is January Manager of the Month

Leicester City gaffer Nigel Pearson has been awarded the nPower Championship Manager of the month award for January.

After a 100% start to the Foxes campaign, Pearson guided his team to second in the league for the first time since his last spell in charge, during the playoff campaign of 2008-09.

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Pearson and Wood nominated for January awards

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has been nominated for January's nPower Championship Manager of the Month Award.

Leicester made a breathtaking start to 2013, winning all five of their January league games and conceding just two goals in all competitions.

Meanwhile, striker Chris Wood, who arrived on New Years Day, scored five goals to help the Foxes to second in the Championship and is nominated for the January nPower Championship Player of the Month Award.

More news to follow as the winners are announced.

Monday, 11 February 2013

Opportunity Missed: Conclusions from London Road


Peterborough United2-1Leicester City
(HT 0-0)
Petrucci 74
McCann 88
Marshall 52

London Road, attendance: 11,070
BBC Match Report