Leicester City chairman has planned finances for transfers as he predicts 'interesting' summer

Leicester City chairman Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha says the club has planned their finances in anticipation of an “interesting” summer transfer window.

City and manager Brendan Rodgers are planning a refresh of the squad this summer, and while some of their deals will be funded by the sales of outgoing players, Top says the club have prepared “for a degree of player trading”. He is also anticipating big deals around Europe having a knock-on effect as City go about their business over the summer.

Writing in the final matchday programme of the season, Top said: “Options and opportunities to strengthen the squad is something our football and recruitment department are constantly looking at, not just during the summer. That may lead to some trading for us to improve the squad, which is a process I've always been happy to support for the good of the club.

"We manage our finances to plan for a degree of player trading and we'll continue to look for the best investments we can make. The global market will be interesting this summer, given some of the big deals we know are taking place. Those deals have an impact on every other club potentially looking to trade in the window, so it will be interesting to see.”

Rodgers is hoping for five or six new signings as part of his refresh, but with no European football to offer, there will be more than that heading for the exit. Youri Tielemans, Caglar Soyuncu, and then a handful of players on the fringes are likely to be sold, while a centre-back, a box-to-box midfielder, and a right-sided winger are the priorities coming in.

The hope is that those changes will reinvigorate the squad and get City challenging in the upper echelons of the table again, as they did in the previous