Leicester City Reportedly Charging Players £80 a Night to Sleep at £100m Training Ground

Leicester City are reportedly charging first-team players £80 per night to stay at the club’s Seagrave training complex.

The accommodation forms part of the approximately £100 million training facility, which was built as Leicester established themselves in the Premier League.

On-site rooms can be used by players who live significant distances from the training ground or by new signings who have yet to arrange permanent accommodation.

Players are now reportedly being asked to pay £80 a night to use them.

Leicester have been approached for comment and the reported charge has not been confirmed in an official club statement.

The development comes during a dramatic deterioration in the club’s financial and sporting position.

Leicester have suffered consecutive relegations from the Premier League to League One and were deducted six points for financial-rule breaches last season.

Owners King Power are also seeking a buyer.

Sky Sports reported in August that the club and associated assets were being marketed for more than £200 million, including the King Power Stadium and Seagrave training complex.

The accommodation has previously featured in a dispute involving Harry Winks, who fell out of favour under former manager Ruud van Nistelrooy after refusing to stay overnight at Seagrave despite living around 100 miles away.

A decade after Leicester won the Premier League, players at one of English football’s most expensive training facilities are reportedly being charged £80 a night to sleep there.

Sources

• The Sun – Leicester players reportedly charged £80 per night at Seagrave
• The72 – Reported £80 Seagrave accommodation charge
• Sky Sports – Leicester City put up for sale for more than £200m