Leicester City: Claudio Ranieri sets sights on 10th after historic Premier League triumph May 3, 2016 Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has downplayed his team's chances of retaining the Premier League trophy, less than 24 hours after they secured the title. The Foxes' 12-month transformation from relegation fodder to champions of England was completed on Monday night after Tottenham failed to beat Chelsea. Their triumph has already gone down as one [...]
This is how much Leicester City’s Premier League win cost bookmaker William Hill May 3, 2016 Leicester City's victory in the English Premier League has forced the UK's biggest bookie, William Hill, to pay out its biggest ever odds in betting history. William Hill are processing their largest ever payout on the Premier League – £3m in total, of which £2.2m will be a loss. This is ten times the previous worst [...]
Leicester City: What will the economic impact from winning the Premier League be on the town itself? May 3, 2016 Leicester's business community could grow at twice the rate of the national average on the back of their football team's incredible Premier League triumph. Analysis from previous against-the-odds football triumphs suggests that the town of Leicester could be in for its own economic boon to match the one on the way to its football club. [...]
Leicester City can bank £250m from an unprecedented Premier League title triumph May 3, 2016 Leicester stand to benefit to the tune of a quarter of a billion pounds after clinching the most unlikely title triumph in Premier League history. The Foxes, who started the season as 5,000/1 rank outsiders, can expect to bank almost £250m from prize money, a bumper new broadcast deal, Champions League qualification and rising brand value. [...]
Who is Leicester City’s Thai owner? The money behind the Foxes’ incredible Premier League rise May 3, 2016 Leicester's remarkable Premier League title triumph has already been canonised as one of the greatest – if not the greatest – against-the-odds story in sport history. Hollywood scriptwriters have already started writing the lines for the instant classic real-life tale of how a plucky band of underdogs took on the hegemonic dominance of the Premier [...]
Guus Hiddink reveals phone call from Claudio Ranieri moments after Chelsea handed his Leicester side title May 3, 2016 Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink revealed he received an emotional post-match telephone call from Leicester counterpart Claudio Ranieri following their draw with Tottenham on Monday night. The Foxes’ crowning as Premier League champions was confirmed by Tottenham’s failure to end a 26-year hoodoo and win at Stamford Bridge, despite holding a commanding two-goal half-time lead. Ranieri [...]
Chelsea 2, Tottenham 2: Leicester crowned champions as Blues fightback ends Spurs title hopes in bad-tempered derby May 2, 2016 Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino congratulated Leicester after Chelsea’s second-half fightback extinguished his side’s title chances and confirmed the Foxes’ fairytale crowning as Premier League champions. First-half goals from Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min hinted at the title race being prolonged, only for strikes from Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard to wreck that [...]
This promotion is sweeter because we balanced the books, says Burnley boss Sean Dyche May 2, 2016 Burnley manager Sean Dyche insists his team’s second promotion to the Premier League in three years tastes sweeter than the last because the club achieved it while balancing the books. The Clarets clinched a return to the top-flight at the first attempt on Monday with a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Queens Park Rangers earned [...]
Leicester City Premier League win would put UK bookmakers out by £10m in losses, with William Hill and Ladbrokes losing £3m each May 2, 2016 UK bookmakers will have to pay out £15m if Leicester City are crowned the winners of the Premier League tonight, of which £10m will be in losses, according to William Hill. If Tottenham fail to defeat Chelsea tonight, Leicester City will secure their first top-flight title. Both Ladbrokes and William Hill have said they will be paying out [...]
Leicester star wins player of the year award – but this time it’s not Riyad Mahrez May 2, 2016 Leicester and England striker Jamie Vardy has been rewarded for a record-breaking watershed campaign by being named Player of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association (FWA). Vardy scooped 36 per cent of votes to beat Riyad Mahrez, who last week claimed the equivalent award from the Professional Footballers’ Association, and N’Golo Kante in an all-Leicester [...]