The Bishop and Dean of Leicester have added their voices to a growing worldwide chorus of praise for Leicester City Football Club after their unlikely success in winning this season’s English Premier League title.
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Twelve years later on Sunday, his presence hung like a ghost over Stamford Bridge as second-placed Tottenham Hotspur played defending champions Chelsea on Monday.
“Leicester is not the team that will sell players – as I said on the first day. we want to create a foundation of the team”.
As a result, Leicester City can expect a £150 million (HK$1.7 billion) boost from prize money, revenue from participation in the 2016-17 European Champions League, extra ticket sales and a surge in demand for club-related merchandise. “Relegation had been avoided and we gathered together to talk in the changing rooms and we said to each other, “Let’s go for it, we’ve got nothing to lose”.
“(And) next season I hope we can have a better season and get the title back”.
“They are coming to Thailand very, very soon”, Aiyawatt said.
Leicester City have won the 2015-16 Premier League title. No, now I am a very old man and I can feel much better.
David Beckham on Instagram: “Wow, who would have known that a few years on from his dad winning Premiership after Premiership that Kasper would lift the same trophy.What an incredible moment for a team that many people have said “what a surprise” – but out of any team this season Leicester deserve this moment”.
It was a typical response from Ranieri, who has spent all season dampening down the expectations of supporters only to finally oversee a triumph considered perhaps the most unlikely in the annals of English football.
“I arrived back at 7pm and watched the match at 8pm”, he said.
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Former England striker Gary Lineker, who grew up in the city and began his football career at the club, told BBC Sport: “I can’t think of anything that surpasses it in sporting history”.
