Enzo Maresca keen on talks with Leicester City board amid financial fair play woes | OneFootball

Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca has admitted that he would be keen to sit down with key figures at the King Power Stadium amid the club's financial fair play issues, speaking to the BBC.

The Foxes lost £89.7m during the 2022/23 campaign, which took their losses over a three-year period to more than £215m.

They may have won promotion, which is a financial boost for them, but the maximum they can lose in the Premier League over three years is £105m.

With this, Leicester were charged for an alleged breach of financial rules back in March and they may need to raise a significant amount of money before the end of June to avoid further charges.

That may mean a key player or two needs to be sold during the early stages of the summer transfer window, which isn't ideal for the Foxes who will be hoping to remain in the top flight for the long term after managing to get back there at the first time of asking.

Not only are these financial fair play woes potentially set to be an issue in the future, they are also causing issues now with the EFL placing them under an embargo following an alleged breach of financial rules.

Enzo Maresca keen on Leicester City talks

This financial fair play situation could prove to be extremely problematic for Maresca, who came to the Midlands club last summer potentially thinking that he wouldn't face any issues.

Their summer business suggested that they weren't in such a bad situation, having spent fees on the likes of Conor Coady and Harry Winks and keeping much of their first-team squad, even with the sales of James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Timothy Castagne in mind.

Maresca has revealed that he was unaware of these FFP problems when he came in - and he is keen for talks with key figures at Leicester because of this.

He told the BBC: "In the January transfer window when we had some problems I was asked about it and I said, 'Now is not the moment because we are focused on the target of promotion and then at the end of the season we are going to sit and speak about that.’

"And it’s the same about Financial Fair Play - nobody from the club mentioned it to me when I signed that it could be a problem and I think it’s not the right thing to do.

"So it would be a moment to sit and understand why they didn’t mention it to me."

Enzo Maresca deserves answers from Leicester City's board

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha can't be accused of not backing Marseca last summer.

And it's safe to say that the Srivaddhanaprabha family have been nothing short of incredible for the Foxes.

But on this issue, Maresca deserves answers, because he signed a multi-year deal and deserved to know what was coming down the track.

It was a big decision for the Italian to leave his job at Manchester City, so he deserved to know about this situation.