Leicester City transfer finances, Boubakary Soumare future, potential buys – questions answered

Pre-season training has begun and so the countdown to the first game of the new Premier League campaign has started.

It means there are six weeks for Leicester City to get up to speed. In that time, Brendan Rodgers will hope to get his team fit and firing on all cylinders, while he will like to have a few new faces to work with as well.

Transfers remains the hot topic and we took on your questions on the matter as the wait for City's first signing of the summer goes on. You can read our answers below.

A: Yes, we're seeing Premier League clubs moving fast, but most of them are not in the same league as City. Arsenal's wealth is considerably more than City's. Of the clubs who have already got a few deals through the door who may be a similar size to City, Aston Villa and Newcastle are being heavily bankrolled by their owners, while Leeds are probably aware they will make significant amounts in sales from the likes of Phillips and Raphinha.

City have lost £100m over the past two sets of accounts and given they did not make any significant player sales last summer, a loss is expected again when the figures for 21-22 are released next February or March. Their net spend was higher than it has been for years last summer, which may be having an impact now. Where City have a concern though is with their wages. For the past few years, they have had among the highest wage-to-turnover rate in the Premier League, and for 19-20, they became the first club since QPR in 2013 to surpass 100 per cent. In short, they were spending more solely on wages than they were making in revenue. That was partly because of a quirk in how City record their finances and the timings of the season, but it is still significant.

Also, while City make