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Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson is to meet chairman Milan Mandaric to plot the club's assault on the Championship next season - with a Premier League place the new target.
The Blue Army are preparing to welcome their heroes home for Friday night's clash with Scunthorpe at the Walkers Stadium when they will be officially crowned as League One champions.
However, the transfer activity will now move up a gear as Pearson identifies his summer targets - and he will receive the full support of the club's millionaire chairman.
Mandaric said: “We will have a proper budget and we will start by looking at what we have and what we need.
“We will sit down and do the proper planning. Nigel will get the support as far as that goes. Whatever was success for this season has got to be success for next season as well.
“I always say it is not the one who goes down who is the loser, it is the one who doesn't go back up, and we got up.
“I looked around, asked everyone for their support and that is what we have done. Now, we have built the club and the team on a winning attitude and I think we will do well.”
Mandaric's notion of restoring City to the top flight in three years looked dead and buried after last season's relegation from the Championship.
However, back-to-back promotion is now possible, and it is typical of Mandaric that he does not want it to stop now.
The club are hoping to sign on-loan Liverpool defender Jack Hobbs on a permanent basis and the Anfield club have also indicated that City can steal a march on their rivals by offering a contract to Swedish youth international Astrit Ajdarevic.
Wayne Brown is also looking to tie up his exit from Hull City, while Pearson can welcome back Bulgarian international Aleksandar Tunchev and club skipper Stephen Clemence after injury absences.
Pearson knows the standard will be higher next season, but said: “If you don't want the pressure like this, then you should not be in the game. I welcome it.”
City have announced their plans to “really go to town” on Friday and club officials are confident they will sell out all home areas of the ground.
A club spokesman said: “We are well past the 25,000 mark and there have been queues at the ticket office.”
Before the game, there will be a host of activities outside the Walkers Stadium, with a big screen set up by the Megastore showing match highlights and photographs of City fans.
Club ambassador Alan Birchenall will also be staging his annual charity run before kick-off in aid of the Special Olympics, the NHS Trust and the Everyman testicular cancer charities.
After the game, City will receive the League One trophy, but officials say the hand-over will not go ahead if there is a pitch invasion at the final whistle.
“We are stressing to our supporters that they must not encroach on to the pitch as it will jeopardise the planned celebrations.”
A stage will be assembled and the Post Horn Gallop will accompany the players' return to the pitch to receive their medals before they go on a lap of honour.
City will also unveil their new home kit at the Scunthorpe game. The strip will have a two-year lifespan and will be the first since 1982-83 to not feature a sponsor's logo.
I have posted this as their is some good info ,if we can do back to back promotions i for one would love it .
plus its still in MM 3 yr plan :icon_lol::icon_wink
and it backs up what i have posted :icon_wink
http://www.talkingballs.co.uk/showpost.php?p=815903&postcount=427
