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Kasper Schmeichel, Claudio
Ranieri and Shinji Okazaki greets press in Bangkok
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Leicester
City’s title-winners have kicked off the Asian leg of their
global victory lap by flying into Thailand, the owner’s homeland where local football fans have embraced the teamas
their own.
Garlands of orchids and jasmine were placed around the necks of
manager Claudio Ranieri, players and club officials as they emerged from an
overnight flight from London.
The entourage lined up and gave the traditional Thai “wai” greeting,
palms pressed together and hands raised, while the cameras flashed following
their dawn arrival.
A raucous group of fans in the team’s blue shirts chanted “Leicester City” and
“champions”, their enthusiasm undimmed by the absence of some star players
including Jamie Vardy who have stayed behind because of international duties.
The club brought its title party to Thailand with a warning
from the bosses that there must be no repeat of last summer’s fiasco when a video emerged of three young Leicester players
racially insulting local women during a hotel-room orgy.
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