adminBANGKOK. — Thai fans mobbed newly-crowned English Premier League soccer champions Leicester City yesterday as they began a global publicity blitz after their fairytale title triumph.
They also hoped to banish the memory of a sex tape scandal that marred a visit a year ago to the homeland of their billionaire owner.
Scores of Thai fans — dubbed the “Siamese Foxes” — and a frenzied local media pack swarmed the champions at Bangkok’s main airport yesterday morning, greeting them with requests for selfies and chants of “Leicester City, Leicester City!” Manager Claudio Ranieri, captain Wes Morgan and goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel led the team, beaming as they made a choreographed Thai bow — or “wai” — with garlands of jasmine around their necks.
But star players Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and Danny Drinkwater were not among the yesterday morning arrivals, with the two English players called up this week for international duty.
Football-crazy Thailand has fallen for Leicester after the astonishing success story of a club with deep links to the kingdom. — AFP.
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