Leicester City find themselves in unfamiliar and uncomfortable territory: League One football for only the second time in the club's history. It's a stark fall from the Premier League title glory of 2016, and new manager Russell Martin has been tasked with steering the Foxes through this "all-time low," as Sky Sports' Adam Bate describes it following a visit to the King Power Stadium.
According to Bate's report, Martin is attempting to build for the future while the shadow of Leicester's more glamorous past continues to loom large over the club. The scale of the challenge facing the club is significant — dropping into the third tier represents uncharted territory for a side that once conquered English football's top flight.
Sky Sports' piece explores how Martin plans to navigate this period of rebuilding, with the emphasis firmly on charting a path back up the divisions rather than dwelling on former glories. For Leicester supporters, the immediate reality is a season of League One football, but the hope, as reported, is that this represents merely a staging post rather than a permanent decline for a club with genuine top-flight pedigree.