Leicester City news focus on shirt sponsorship deal, Steve Cooper’s backroom team and Luke Thomas contract
Leicester City will receive $40m (£31.2m) from crypto casino BC.Game for their shirt sponsorship rights – but the fallout from the deal goes on.
While City described their partnership with BC.Game as “lucrative”, they did not announce how much they would earn. But in a press release published on various Bitcoin websites, the online gambling company have said the two-season deal is worth $40m.
Leicester City will receive $40m (£31.2m) from crypto casino BC.Game for their shirt sponsorship rights – but the fallout from the deal goes on.
While City described their partnership with BC.Game as “lucrative”, they did not announce how much they would earn. But in a press release published on various Bitcoin websites, the online gambling company have said the two-season deal is worth $40m.
The cash involved and the potential to invest in transfers may appease some supporters, but there has been vocal opposition to the deal from fan groups, and now former players too. Ex-City goalkeeper Peter Shilton, who has struggled with a gambling addiction, said he was “very disappointed” by the decision, with City icon Gary Lineker in agreement with his former England team-mate. Fan group Foxes Trust said in a statement that the deal was a “step away from the ‘well-run family club’ reputation”.
It’s yet another thorny issue in what is becoming a troubled summer for City and their relationship with supporters. This week, fan group Union FS released a list of questions they want answered by the club over the £25 charge for a physical season-ticket card.
It’s not just Cooper that the City squad got to meet for the first time this week, it was the new manager’s team of staff too. As expected, Alan Tate is in as assistant manager, having been right-hand man to Cooper at both Swansea and Nottingham Forest. Danny Alcock, goalkeeping coach at the City Ground, links up with Cooper again in the same role. As announced by Norwich, Andrew Hughes has joined as first-team set-piece coach, taking on the responsibility of solving one of the club’s long-standing problems.
