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Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Leicester City chairman to be honoured with statue

By Haruna Mubarak
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Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Leicester City chairman to be honoured with statue
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Leicester City will erect a statue of late chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha at King Power Stadium following his death in a helicopter crash last month.

Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed in the crash on 27 October.

His son Aiyawatt made the announcement in a souvenir programme for Saturday's Premier League game with Burnley.

"We will never be able to repay what he did for us - for me as his son, us as his family, everyone connected to Leicester City and beyond," he said.

"We are committed to honouring his memory and upholding his legacy.

"Our continued growth as a club, our state-of-the-art new training ground and our planned stadium expansion will help realise his vision for Leicester City."

Further details regarding the commissioning and the statue's positioning will be released in due course.

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha added the statue would be a "permanent and fitting tribute to the man that made it all possible".

Read also:Leicester City owner among five dead in helicopter crash

"He will forever be in our hearts. He will never be forgotten," he added.

Tributes left at the stadium are to be moved to a memorial area.

Source: BBC

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