Leicester City Q&A: What’s going on with Sean Dyche and Danny Rohl, the latest on points deduction and owners’ attempts to sell stake, and which star is heading for the exit

These are trying times to be a Leicester City fan.

Relegated to the Championship with – as yet – no manager in place, fears about the health of the club’s parent company and with a possible points deduction looming.

You certainly need a sunny disposition and a robust sense of humour to support the Foxes these days. With Jamie Vardy gone and little money available for new signings, it is difficult to see how Leicester build a promotion campaign from here. Many fear things will become worse before they improve.

The rudderless nature of the club was summed up by the decision to announce the departure of Ruud van Nistelrooy two months after relegation was confirmed.

It is thought the delay was due at least in part to the club’s balance sheet: with spending rules a constant headache, Leicester might have had to include the pay-offs for both Steve Cooper and Van Nistelrooy in their 2024-25 accounts. It is possible Van Nistelrooy’s settlement will be backdated so it is included in the 2025-26 financial statements.

Against this backdrop, fans will probably be relieved to see some football. It is not all doom and gloom, either. A strong core of players remains, and Leicester did brilliantly to secure the immediate future of 15-year-old Jeremy Monga, one of the brightest talents in the country who made seven Premier League appearances last season. He should go from strength to strength in the Championship.

Here Mail Sport answers your questions on the many issues facing Leicester.

Will Sean Dyche be the new manager soon? – Mayan Silver Fox

I think a manager like Dyche would want to know exactly what he was facing before he seriously considered taking a job like this. A proven Premier League operator, Dyche will drop into the Championship only if he is confident he can get out of it quickly.

However capable he might be, though, a significant points deduction is going to hurt Leicester’s chances of immediate promotion greatly. With that in mind, would Dyche really want to take a job with the landscape unclear?

By sitting tight now, he is likely to be in the frame for Premier League jobs in the autumn or early winter, when the decision-makers at struggling clubs start to panic about the prospect of relegation.

Any news on King Power looking to potentially sell LCFC? – TAIE podcast

We’ve read reports from Thailand about the challenges King Power have faced. It’s also true that clubs like Leicester are always open to external investment and that is probably the case now more than it has ever been.

A full sale is a different matter, though. The club is worth much more than the £39million King Power paid for it in 2010 – but far less than it was in the middle of the last decade, when Leicester won the Premier League title and qualified for the Champions League.

Why would a state-backed fund from the Middle East alight on Leicester now? A more realistic option would probably be North American owners captivated by the recent history of the club – but right now, minority investment is probably the best King Power could hope for.

If Danny Rohl is genuinely the leading target, do the club trust him enough to give him real power in recruitment, or will director of football Jon Rudkin still be pulling the strings? – Ryan

First thing to remember about Rohl: he is hugely admired by head of recruitment Martyn Glover, who saw him at close quarters at Southampton, when Rohl was part of Ralph Hasenhuttl’s coaching staff.

Rohl was sounded out when Cooper was sacked last autumn, too – not necessarily as a candidate for that time, but as someone Leicester might turn to in future.

While all coaches would like some input in transfers, Rohl is a training-ground coach who was educated in Germany, where sporting directors handle transfers and coaches coach. If Rohl can settle his contract at Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester can avoid compensation, the German could be an ideal fit.

He is also admired by Brentford, potentially to become part of Keith Andrews’ coaching staff, but it would be a surprise if Rohl chose to work for a boss with less experience than he has.

When will director of football John Rudkin and chief executive Susan Whelan be sacked for the litany of decisions that resulted in Leicester being relegated in 2022-23, let alone 2024-25? – Fossils and Fosse

Ah, the famous ‘review’ that took place at the end of the 2022-23 season, after Leicester were relegated and there were precisely no changes in key positions. Will it be any different this time?

Mail Sport has heard suggestions that Whelan may step away from the football side of King Power to focus on the main business, with Rudkin less hands-on than before. That, in theory, would allow Glover to take more of a prominent role.

Yet these remain no more than suggestions and as far as we know, the status quo remains. One thing is clear: Leicester desperately need a reset.

Any answers or information at this point would be a bonus. Only thing we’ve been told since relegation is that Gary Taylor-Fletcher’s birthday is on June 4! – Steve

Steve, your question goes to the heart of a big problem – communication.

The policy of the Leicester hierarchy has always been to avoid speaking to media. Insight rarely goes beyond chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha’s programme notes.

For a club apparently in steep decline, this is simply not good enough. It is fine to keep quiet when things are going well but when they are not, supporters who spend their wages to watch this club deserve answers.

This is not the fault of the comms team at Leicester, who can ultimately only act as they are directed. This detached attitude from the top has to change if the club are to have any chance of rebuilding their relationship with supporters. More than ever, they need them now.

Are they going for Rohl because he’ll be the easy option, maybe even a stooge…? With King Power in their current state who would actually want the job without knowing exactly what punishments await? – Paul

I don’t think Rohl would be anyone’s stooge. We’ve seen that at Sheffield Wednesday, where the German is at loggerheads with owner Dejphon Chansiri.

And while a coach like Dyche would not wish to join a club facing a possible points penalty for breaking spending rules, Rohl is different.

Still only 36, Rohl was deservedly admired for his work at Wednesday and if he did similarly well in difficult circumstances at Leicester, his reputation would only grow – even if off-field circumstances thwart the Foxes’ bid for immediate promotion.

Then for a training-ground coach like Rohl, Leicester’s fabulous base at Seagrave would be a dream.

What’s the five-year plan? – Jason

Five years? Leicester fans would be grateful to understand the club’s ideas for the next five weeks or even five days.

That is slightly unfair of me, actually. The deal to keep Monga was hugely impressive and deserves praise – not least for departed boss Van Nistelrooy.

Monga was wanted by top clubs across Europe and Manchester City were thought to be very interested, but Leicester were able to keep him by offering him playing time last season, and explaining that, if he continues to progress, he can be a key player in the Championship next term.

If Barcelona are prepared to give opportunities to talented teenagers, why not Leicester? Nobody is comparing Monga with Lamine Yamal – yet. But with Jamie Vardy gone, he looks like the man most likely to make supporters smile again.

Why did we not sell players before June 30? – MavididiSZN

Many of the club’s recent financial issues relate to the early part of this decade, when their wage bill was more than 100 per cent of turnover and they failed narrowly to qualify for Champions League football, with Brendan Rodgers’ team pipped on the final day of the season in both 2020 and 2021.

With profitability and sustainability rules calculated over a rolling three-year period, some of those numbers will not be factored when the 2024-25 accounts are submitted. Leicester actually reduced losses significantly to £19m in their most recent set of accounts.

However, I’d still expect players to leave – not that Leicester have many who would attract significant fees. Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen is the best of them and there is every chance he will be playing in a top-five European league by the end of the summer, with both Chelsea and West Ham admirers.

Will the club finally make it a priority of the manager they employ to bring through and build a team around academy players. Or will we continue to prioritise experienced players who flop here? – Ric, Big Strong Leicester Boys Podcast

Ric has often talked about this issue on his podcast and I can see where he’s coming from.

Monga has shown the way and I expect others like Jake Evans to follow him into the first-team picture. If Monga has signed, it suggests Leicester are – at long last – looking at what they have in their impressive academy. If they’ve spent nearly £100m on Seagrave, they might as well make the most of that investment.

Facilities there are perfect for young players to develop and I’d expect more to join Monga and players like Evans and Kasey McAteer around the first team next term. All the better if they have coaches like Rohl and title-winner Andy King to guide them.

What about the possible points deduction? – Steve

The million-dollar question. Leicester were charged with breaking Premier League spending rules in May and at the time, the authorities hoped the case would be resolved by the start of the new Championship season.

Yet as fans know well, legal processes rarely work so smoothly, with delays and mitigation common. It is perfectly possible, therefore, that Leicester go into the new season unaware of their fate. It’s hardly an inviting prospect for potential new players who dream of promotion.