Expert predicts new Leicester points deduction after latest reveal

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Keith Wyness: Leicester to land ‘extra’ points deduction in new bombshell Wed 25 February 2026 9:39, UK Leicester City may have made an error in appealing against their six-point deduction for breaching financial rules.That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who believes Leicester will now be deducted an extra point.Leicester were charged in May 2025 for allegedly breaching the English Football League’s financial rules during their 2023-24 promotion winning season to the Premier League.The Foxes were hit with the six-point deduction at the start of February, which dropped them from 17th to 20th in the Championship table.Read More: Leicester have made ‘very strange’ decision, they could have landed 12-point deduction. Leicester should have been ‘better advised’Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes Leicester should not have appealed the six-point deduction.Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks the club may also experience an “issue” with costs.

MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “I think they would have been better advised to just go home and accept the punishment. I do think they’re going to get an extra point.

“I think they’re going to end up with seven points. And I think that’s what the problem is that they should have just taken those six.