Happy Fox Posted 12 May 2014 Share Posted 12 May 2014 http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/409485/leicester-city-desperate-to-capitalise “My goal is for Leicester to stay in the Premier League as long as possible. We should be able to stay there for at least two or three years and then my next goal will be taking the team to the top five... It will be a difficult task but we have to try to do it.†Vichai said he bought the Foxes when they were in the Championship because he wanted the challenge of guiding them to the highest level. “When we bought Leicester City four years ago, many people asked me why we did not buy a Premier League club and I told them that it was not a challenge for me,†he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTrott Posted 12 May 2014 Share Posted 12 May 2014 Odd that '...why we did not buy a Premier League club and I told them that it was not a challenge for me'. Don't really understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjslcfc Posted 12 May 2014 Share Posted 12 May 2014 Odd that '...why we did not buy a Premier League club and I told them that it was not a challenge for me'. Don't really understand. He wanted the challenge of really trying to progress a club? A promotion from a lower division and then into the mid-to-higher reaches of the premier league is much more challenging and impressive, is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTrott Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 He wanted the challenge of really trying to progress a club? A promotion from a lower division and then into the mid-to-higher reaches of the premier league is much more challenging and impressive, is it not? Surely progressing a club from Premiership -> top 6 is a massive achievement. Impressive, yes. But if they have the money to pursue top 6 I really can't see why they wouldn't have bought a PL team. It is a nice idea but not sure I buy into it. Surely progressing a club from Premiership -> top 6 is a massive achievement. Impressive, yes. But if they have the money to pursue top 6 I really can't see why they wouldn't have bought a PL team. It is a nice idea but not sure I buy into it. that being said I have no reason not to, I've just finished my dissertation and would literally argue with a brick wall right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danizen Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 He's saying he wanted the challenge of guiding a lower league team to the top of the Premier League because it's more polite than saying we were about £30m cheaper than an established Premier League club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 He's just playing FIFA for real :vichai: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Top 5... Uh oh, he's turning into Tan!!! Said it could cost 10 billion baht, how much is that in real money (£)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Top 5... Uh oh, he's turning into Tan!!! Said it could cost 10 billion baht, how much is that in real money? 18 million Rupees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyleolly Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 About £180m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 About £180m That would buy you Man City's bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinFox Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 That would buy you Man City's bench. Which would probably have enough quality to fight for a top 5 finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Yeah it's on the BBC now - 180 million and op 5 by 2017 This thread needs something on a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-TA-Jon Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Really weird that this has come out, it flies in the face of how the owners and NP have operated, in terms of giving the media nothing to go on. Now we've just put ourselves under unnecessary pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetstonefox Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Just added a premium to any players we want to but, still lets see what happens, look like he wants to make an impact, just hope they give Nigel and the team the time to get use to the PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Shep Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Crazy, top 5 yeah right! How about trying to win the FA cup and staying in the league, that would be a perfect season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFS Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 The owners have been spot on over the course of the season, but this is a bit strange. Although more extreme, Cardiff and QPR ownership have made comments like this before. If we were to see a poor return in points by Christmas, I hope the owners stick with Nigel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Fox Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Crazy, top 5 yeah right! How about trying to win the FA cup and staying in the league, that would be a perfect season. Top 5 pursuit will begin in 2/3 years time. Meaning in 4/5 years time they want to see us pushing on with intent. This doesn't change our objective of surviving in the Premier League next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 big ambition for the club - how dare you. I agree that this will make NPs value for money policy harder to implement though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Fox Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 I'd much rather Vichai had said that we'll copy the Blackpool model and 4th bottom is good enough for us... He is in Thailand which will become our main overseas fanbase, to entice of course he is going to drum up interest by saying we hope to challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Coming out and saying this publicly might be a tactic to try and persuade a certain keeper to stay..... #dontleaveconrad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 13 May 2014 Author Share Posted 13 May 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27387616?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Leicester City: Billionaire owner 'will spend £180m' to make top five Newly-promoted Leicester City's owner want a top-five finish in the Premier League within three years - and will spend the money needed to get there. The Championship title winners have returned to the top flight after a decade-long absence. Billionaire Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha outlined the club's next steps to reporters in Bangkok. Leicester in Europe1961-62 (European Cup Winners' Cup): 1st rd 1997-98 (Uefa Cup): 1st rd 2000-01 (Uefa Cup): 1st rd He said: "It will take a huge amount of money, possibly 10bn Thai Baht (£180m), to get there. That doesn't put us off." Srivaddhanaprabha added: "I am asking for three years, and we'll be there. "We won't take the huge leap to challenge the league's top five clubs immediately. "Do we have a chance to beat them? Yes, we have, but I think we need to establish our foothold in the league first and then we think about our next step. Nigel Pearson's side collected 102 points on their way to landing the Championship title. And the manager share's his chairman's optimism. "The important thing is we're going with a belief that we can achieve," he said after showing off the Championship trophy to fans in the Thai capital. "It's important we continue to improve everything about ourselves. So, we can challenge for the top five. But, of course, one step at the time." Leicester have qualified for Europe three times, most recently as the 2000 League Cup winners. They went out of the 2000-01 Uefa Cup in the first round, losing 4-2 on aggregate to Red Star Belgrade of Serbia. Srivaddhanaprabha's consortium took over at Leicester in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMarvin Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/13/leicester-owners-top-five-premier-league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 I'd much rather Vichai had said that we'll copy the Blackpool model and 4th bottom is good enough for us... He is in Thailand which will become our main overseas fanbase, to entice of course he is going to drum up interest by saying we hope to challenge. probably has his eye on some sponsorship dosh too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 13 May 2014 Share Posted 13 May 2014 Well, it's nice to be ambitious, but I hope they don't get deluded to the point where Nigel is under pressure. The top 5 is well beyond us in the next 3 years, and for the forseeable future. Taking us to the Premier League is great but it was always a realistic target, this isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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