Fans' hopes of a reconciliation were dashed today when the Club issued the following statement.

'Leicester City agreed to a transfer request from Stan Collymore and the player has been placed on the transfer list'

'Neither Leicester City or Mr Collymore will be making any further comment'

We are now of course placed in a desparate position in respect of 'strike power' and we must make urgent provision 'up front'. If our sturdy defence has a bad day we will certainly run into trouble if our strike potential is not improved on an urgent basis.

To complicate matters for Stan has today been charged by the F.A. for stamping on Gazza.