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Russell Martin has revealed that people at Leicester City have not been told that the club has been put up for sale. City's owners, King Power, are reportedly seeking to sell the club for more than £222million. Global investment bank Citigroup has drafted a brochure, seen by LeicestershireLive, detailing the sale of City and all its assets - including the women's team, academy, King Power Stadium and Seagrave training base. The project, titled 'Project Lineup', puts the value of the physical assets at £224m, with no specific sum placed on the sale of City's men's team, women's team and sister club OH Leuven. It comes after protests from supporters against the ownership and hierarchy following a disappointing period in the club's history. Leicester have suffered three relegations in four years, falling from the Premier League to League One. FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK! All the latest Leicester City news on LeicestershireLive’s Leicester City Facebook page! Get LeicestershireLIVE Premium now for just £1 HERE. You can also join our WhatsApp Community by clicking HERE Despite the outside noise, Martin has stressed that the subject isn't something he's concerned with ahead of the new season. “I genuinely have no real feeling about it because it’s not been brought across my path and we’ve been concentrating on preparing a team in the best way we possibly can,” he said. “I’m quite calm about it. It’s not my domain, so if you’re going to ask me about all of that, I haven’t got a clue. I can’t answer it, but everyone’s really calm and focused on the big game.” Asked if he had been told the club was going up for sale, the City boss said: “I’ve not been told it’s been put up for sale, that’s not been made explicit to anyone here at the football club. "So until the owner comes out and tells you it’s for sale properly… I think it’s really normal for clubs to have someone take charge of that business side of things that’s not inside the club, so I don’t think it’s an extraordinary thing. "I think it’s been carried away by you guys [media] and [the] snowball effect. It’s not my remit at all, but like I said, everyone here is calm, focused, energised and excited about the challenge that lies ahead." The uncertainty over King Power's ownership of Leicester comes just days after Turki Alalshikh pulled out of a deal to buy Derby County on the day the club had been expected to confirm his arrival. Martin explained how the situation is different at Derby and that his focus remains on preparing his players. “I think it’s really different for John [Eustace] because there was actually a process being embarked on [and] I guess people inside the club were really getting close to being taken over, we’re nowhere near that yet," he said. "So it doesn’t really affect us day-to-day. I don’t know if we will be near that anytime soon. I don’t know. "So whilst I don't know, whilst I’m not in control of that, my energy goes towards what we can have an influence on and that’s the players, the staff, the atmosphere here, the culture here and ultimately the performance on the pitch. "All that stuff, trust me, is enough to keep a manager very busy, with a transfer window going on as well, so I don’t need anything else to make me even busier."