Leicester City have been deducted six points for breaching Premier League Profitability and Sustainability Rules
Felix Keith and James Smailes
17:06, 05 Feb 2026
Leeds were in a promotion race with Leicester City(Image: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.)
Leicester City have tumbled towards the Championship relegation zone following a six-point deduction for breaching financial regulations. The Foxes are set to drop to 20th in the Championship table, narrowly outside the drop zone on goal difference alone, once the penalty takes effect.
The club has been found guilty of breaching Profitability and Sustainability Rules [PSR] for the 2023/24 season. Leicester recorded combined losses exceeding £200 million across the three-year period ending on 30 June 2024.
PSR regulations permit a maximum loss of only £81 million over that timeframe.
The punishment includes the spending for the 2023/24 season in which Leicester won the Championship title and promotion, beating Leeds United to an automatic promotion spot as the Whites finished third and then eventually lost at Wembley to Southampton in the play-off final.
Leicester has consistently challenged the charges brought forward by the Premier League. A hearing took place in November, with an independent commission delivering its verdict on Thursday, compounding the current difficulties facing the club.
Leicester presently occupy 17th position in the Championship table, having accumulated 38 points from 30 fixtures. However, the six-point deduction will pull them directly into the relegation scrap, leaving them on 32 points level with Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion, reports the Mirror.
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