Post by leicesterlass on Feb 16, 2007 10:03:22 GMT -1
MILAN WILL BOOST CITY SQUAD BY 'NEXT WEEK'
WWW.THEBLUEARMY.CO.UK
10:15 - 16 February 2007
Milan Mandaric has revealed he wants to sign "two or three senior players" within the next week.
Just three days after completing his takeover of Leicester City, the business tycoon admitted he hopes to bring the players in before next weekend's home match against West Bromwich Albion.
Mandaric, who will spend £9million in his first 15 months in charge, reveals his plans in an exclusive full-length interview in this weekend's Sporting Blue. He is keen to boost manager Robert Kelly's fight to stay in the Championship before going for the big push to the Premier League next year.
Mandaric said: "I think he (Kelly) needs two or three senior players immediately - before the West Brom game. Then we look to next season."
City have been linked with Portsmouth's Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov, with Pompey manager Harry Redknapp hinting the 28-year-old could be on his way to the Walkers Stadium.
But Kelly said: "They are rumours. I think because of Milan Mandaric's history, and where he is from, you are going to get a lot of that.
"The right thing to do and the right way to conduct ourselves is to do it in the correct channels."
Meanwhile, stand-in skipper Patrick Kisnorbo said the players were focused on realising Mandaric's Premiership promotion plan.
Mandaric has declared he would consider himself a failure if City were not back playing top-flight football within the next three years.
He visited the training ground earlier in the week to impress his goal on the players.
And Kisnorbo said: "He said what his intentions were, that we should play in the Premiership. He said he believes in us and we are winners like him.
"We want to get to the top, and with his help we can do it."
Kisnorbo is set to lead the side against Coventry at the Walkers tomorrow for the first game of the Mandaric era.
The defender should again take the captain's armband as Paddy McCarthy's dislocated shoulder is likely to rule him out for the rest of the season.
Kisnorbo said: "Paddy will be a big miss on the pitch and off it.
"He is a great leader, a great guy and we are really going to miss him. Hopefully he can return soon.
"It's a fantastic honour for me to be captain of the team, but I don't really look at it as something for myself.
"We have 11 captains out there. I am just the one that wears the armband.
"Coventry is a big derby. There's always a bit more riding on the game but we are going into it full of confidence."
City are predicting a 25,000-plus crowd for the game at the Walkers which will see Mandaric introduced to the fans.
WWW.THEBLUEARMY.CO.UK
10:15 - 16 February 2007
Milan Mandaric has revealed he wants to sign "two or three senior players" within the next week.
Just three days after completing his takeover of Leicester City, the business tycoon admitted he hopes to bring the players in before next weekend's home match against West Bromwich Albion.
Mandaric, who will spend £9million in his first 15 months in charge, reveals his plans in an exclusive full-length interview in this weekend's Sporting Blue. He is keen to boost manager Robert Kelly's fight to stay in the Championship before going for the big push to the Premier League next year.
Mandaric said: "I think he (Kelly) needs two or three senior players immediately - before the West Brom game. Then we look to next season."
City have been linked with Portsmouth's Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov, with Pompey manager Harry Redknapp hinting the 28-year-old could be on his way to the Walkers Stadium.
But Kelly said: "They are rumours. I think because of Milan Mandaric's history, and where he is from, you are going to get a lot of that.
"The right thing to do and the right way to conduct ourselves is to do it in the correct channels."
Meanwhile, stand-in skipper Patrick Kisnorbo said the players were focused on realising Mandaric's Premiership promotion plan.
Mandaric has declared he would consider himself a failure if City were not back playing top-flight football within the next three years.
He visited the training ground earlier in the week to impress his goal on the players.
And Kisnorbo said: "He said what his intentions were, that we should play in the Premiership. He said he believes in us and we are winners like him.
"We want to get to the top, and with his help we can do it."
Kisnorbo is set to lead the side against Coventry at the Walkers tomorrow for the first game of the Mandaric era.
The defender should again take the captain's armband as Paddy McCarthy's dislocated shoulder is likely to rule him out for the rest of the season.
Kisnorbo said: "Paddy will be a big miss on the pitch and off it.
"He is a great leader, a great guy and we are really going to miss him. Hopefully he can return soon.
"It's a fantastic honour for me to be captain of the team, but I don't really look at it as something for myself.
"We have 11 captains out there. I am just the one that wears the armband.
"Coventry is a big derby. There's always a bit more riding on the game but we are going into it full of confidence."
City are predicting a 25,000-plus crowd for the game at the Walkers which will see Mandaric introduced to the fans.