Leicester Metropolis have sealed promotion again to the Premier League on the first time of asking, after Leeds had been crushed 4-0 at QPR on Friday night time.
The outcome leaves the Foxes high of the Championship desk, 4 factors away from Leeds in second, which means solely Ipswich can nonetheless catch them – guaranteeing them of no less than second place.
It is going to come as welcome reduction to Enzo Maresca and his facet as they put together to go to Preston on Monday night time, stay on Sky Sports activities Soccer, that they’ve the job achieved.
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From the supervisor who turned issues round to their star man and unsung hero, Sky Sports activities duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton analyse how Leicester received promotion again to the Premier League
Monday twenty ninth April 7:00pm
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Leicester had been high of the Championship for almost all of the season, however a serious dip in kind that noticed them lose six video games in 10 between February and April had left them in a susceptible place.
They had been additionally dealt the blow of being charged for allegedly breaching the Premier League’s Revenue and Sustainability Guidelines, which means they may face a factors deduction subsequent season.
In March, Leicester mentioned they had been taking authorized motion in opposition to the Premier League and EFL after being charged with these alleged breaches.
However on the pitch current wins in opposition to West Brom and Southampton took them again to the highest of the league, and now they can focus solely on profitable the Championship title.
Leicester’s gamers are having a celebration!
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Leicester gamers jubilant at house as their Premier League return is confirmed following QPR’s win in opposition to Leeds United.
How Leicester earned a right away return to the Premier League
Sky Sports activities’ Dan Lengthy:
At first, it went like a dream.
When Leicester received 12 of their first 13 video games after relegation from the Premier League, even at that early stage, it appeared as if it was a case of if, not when, they’d bounce again on the first time of asking.
It was, maybe, stunning in some methods, given the usual of gamers that had moved on in the summertime, with the headline departures of James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Youri Tielemans compounding a painful drop from the highest flight.
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Sky Sports activities’ Simeon Gholam and David Prutton reveal their Sky Sports activities Championship crew of the season for 2023/24
What would a great story be with no twist?!
To say the final two months have been troublesome could be fairly the understatement.
A 1-0 win at Sunderland and a 2-2 draw at Hull took them into the worldwide break on a relative excessive… however that was disrupted by the information the membership had been charged for allegedly breaching the Premier League’s Revenue and Sustainability Guidelines, which means they may face a factors deduction subsequent season.
In March, Leicester mentioned they had been taking authorized motion in opposition to the Premier League and EFL after being charged with these alleged breaches.
To win on their return to motion on Good Friday would have been an enormous increase underneath the circumstances, however extra frustration adopted as Vardy missed 4 huge possibilities in a sport they finally misplaced 1-0 to Bristol Metropolis.
April has been full of surprises thus far. Wins over Norwich and Birmingham regarded to have gotten them proper again on observe, earlier than successive 1-0 defeats to relegation candidates Millwall and Plymouth shortly put them again to sq. one.
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Highlights from the Championship conflict between Leicester and Southampton
Fortuitously for them, Ipswich and Leeds had been additionally faltering concurrently. It was as if the promotion candidates had been having fun with the fun of the chase a lot they didn’t need the race to cease.
In the long run, Leicester achieved promotion with out a lot as kicking a ball and might now work in the direction of profitable the title once they journey to Deepdale to tackle Preston on Monday night time – stay on Sky Sports activities Soccer – freed from stress.
What awaits them subsequent season relating to the aforementioned PSR breaches is but to be decided, however whereas their destiny should be on the forefront of their thoughts, it may possibly anticipate tomorrow. Now’s the time to rejoice.
