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If Leicester is relegated out of the Premiership, it may be a one-way ticket

Irish chief executive Susan Whelan will have her work cut out to make a comeback with a club which doesn’t have the advantage of regulation clauses or tradable players to beef up the coffers

James Maddison of Leicester City: the England international could fetch around £50m in transfer fees. Picture: Getty

Seven seasons after winning the Premier League Leicester City is tottering on the brink of relegation to the Championship – which, if it happens, will be an enormous test of the management skills of Susan Whelan, the Irishwoman who has been chief executive at the club since 2011.

Whelan is going to have to oversee a possible fire sale of playing assets, a major reduction in wages for players who stay and the loss of ...