Leicester City manager Steve Cooper has welcomed the profitability and sustainability (PSR) ruling which found the club not guilty of a breach and removed the immediate threat of a points deduction for the club.
However, Cooper also said he was left frustrated at the timing of the final outcome by an independent appeals panel, which cleared Leicester of a Premier League charge, as the uncertainty had affected the club’s transfer window business.
Cooper also warned his players they may have to be prepared for a negative perception of the club after they successfully argued they could not be charged by the Premier League for a breach during the 2022-23 season as they had been relegated before the end of the accounting year.
“It is obviously a positive thing for the club and the supporters to have clarity,” Cooper said.
“I guess that was the biggest thing for you in the club to deal with the uncertainty.
“There is probably some frustration on my part, in terms of things that may have been a little bit different in the transfer window.
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“Maybe we could have spent less or more money, or made certain decisions. So there is an element for me that it would have been better if it was a little bit earlier.
“However, it hasn’t been too much of a distraction for the players and hasn’t affected our day to day work, and we talked about not letting the outside noise interfere with that.
“It the decision had gone the other way we were ready as a group of players and staff to stand up and really fight for the club and show that we wouldn’t let anything interfere.
“I also think even though the decision’s gone our way, we’ve still got to make sure that we’re still together as a club and if there’s any opinion on the decision that we show how strong we are as a club.”
Leicester return to Premier League action this Saturday against Crystal Palace.
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