An sanya Leicester City kan tallace-tallace, inda masu su na Thailand, King Power, ke neman mai saya da yake shirye ya biya fiye da £200 miliyan bayan shekaru 16 a gaban kulob.
An riga an yada wani littafin tallace-tallace mai shafi takwas mai suna Project Lineup, wanda bankin jari-hujja na Amurka Citigroup ya shirya, zuwa ga masu sha'awar saka hannun jari. Takarda — da BBC Sport ta gani — ta lissafa ƙungiyar mata ta kulob, King Power Stadium mai wurin zaune 32,000, da cibiyar horo ta Seagrave, wacce aka buɗe a 2020 kuma an ƙididdige ta da £121 miliyan, a cikin muhimman kadarorin da ake saya. OH Leuven, kulob ɗin da Leicester ke da alaƙa da shi a Belgium, shima an haɗa shi a ciki.
Ko da yake littafin ya ƙididdige kadarorin jiki na kulob a fiye da £200 miliyan, bai bayar da takamaiman adadi ga sayan ƙungiyoyin da ke cikin matsala ba. Citigroup ta bayyana wannan a matsayin "wata babbar dama ta siyan kulob mai tarihin kyakkyawa na hawa zuwa manyan gasar."
Nasarorin Leicester an ƙara yabo a littafin, musamman nasarar Premier League ta 2016 da damar 5,000-1, da nasarar FA Cup shekaru biyar bayan haka. Duk da haka, matsayin kulob a League One — bayan faɗuwa biyu a jere daga Premier League da Championship — ba a ambata shi a littafin ba.
Citigroup ta yi hasashen kudaden shigar kulob za su wuce £97 miliyan a shekara ta kudi ta 2026. Amma shekarun asarar kudi da basussuka — ciki har da aro na banki na £103.6 miliyan bisa ga lissafin 2025 — an bar su a wajen takarda. A cikin shekarun da kulob ya yi ta hawan sauka tsakanin Premier League da Championship, ya rasa fiye da £180 miliyan.
King Power, wadda dangin Srivaddhanaprabha ke gudanarwa, sun sayi Leicester da £35 miliyan daga Milan Mandaric a 2010. Khun Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha shi ne shugaban a yanzu, bayan mahaifinsa Khun Vichai ya mutu a faɗuwar helikofta waje da filin wasa a 2019.
Jaridar Financial Times ta fara bayar da rahoton ƙoƙarin sayar da kulob a watan Yuli, amma yaɗa wannan littafin ga masu sha'awar saka hannun jari tabbataccen shaidar neman sabon masu saka hannun jari ne. Wannan ya zo bayan watanni takwas ne kawai bayan Khun Top ya ce ya ɗauki alhakin faɗuwar kulob.
Masu goyon bayan da ke ƙara rashin jin daɗi sun yi kira a sayar da kulob, inda babban jawabi ya fito waje da King Power Stadium bayan an tabbatar da faɗuwa daga Championship a kakar da ta gabata. Matsalolin Leicester sun zo lokacin da kasuwancin duty-free na King Power a Thailand ma ke fuskantar matsalolin kudi.
Duk da haka, Leicester City ana sanya ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin kulob biyar kawai da suka lashe Premier League, FA Cup, da League Cup tun 2000. Littafin ya kuma nuna ƙarfin makarantar kulob, yana ambaton sayan Jeremy Monga zuwa Manchester City da £10 miliyan a watan da ya gabata a matsayin misali.
Leicester za su fara kamfe nsu na sabon kakar a ƙungiyar ta uku ƙarƙashin manajan Russell Martin, suna fuskantar Notts County ranar Asabar.
