They placed a €20 bet on the club at odds of 1,500/1 all the way back in September and will now pocket a tidy €30,000 after Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea last night secured the Foxes their first Premiership crown.
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Jag Sandher, 24, also of Leicester, said: “Tonight will be a draw I think”.
The Blues lost their last Premier League home game against Manchester City – they haven’t lost two in a row in the competition at Stamford Bridge since November 2011.
Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele could face a ban for appearing to eye-gouge Chelsea striker Diego Costa in a fiery 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. “It’s a big derby and we need to try and win the game and try to still fight for the title”.
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The gap to Premier League leaders Leicester is eight points with three Spurs games to go, and Pochettino has suggested that fatigue has played a part in his side’s drop in form.
Speaking before Leicester’s result, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino insisted his side were keeping belief alive, but will have to rebound from the disappointment of Craig Dawson’s equalizer for West Brom at White Hart Lane a week ago.
The Argentine believes the time ahead will be hard but exciting.
He was quoted by Sky Sports as saying, “He’s [Terry] not a player who says, “OK, it’s the end of my career, or maybe I have one or two years more”. We have massive potential for the future.
Chelsea midfielders Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas upped the ante recently by publicly stating that they do not want to see Spurs win the league. “I think the club is heading off to a to a great degree extraordinary period since we are building another stadium and we may focus occasionally on that, however meanwhile it is astoundingly stimulating”.
Curtis Leal, 27, of Leicester, said: “I’m in tears, I just can’t believe it. What a moment!”
“Just to say that we are champions of England is just incredible”.
Pochettino’s surprise intervention triggered the mass melee between the arch London rivals as tempers boiled over on a tension-filled night.
Captain John Terry is expected to be available for Chelsea after an Achilles injury, but may not start, while fellow centre-back Gary Cahill has recovered from a bout of illness.
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Thibaut Courtois serves the final of his two-match suspension so Asmir Begovic will continue in goal but Loic Remy (groin) and Kurt Zouma (knee) remain out.
