• Wes Morgan smiles as Leicester City FC players arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on May 18, 2016. / AFP / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA
    Wes Morgan smiles as Leicester City FC players arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on May 18, 2016. / AFP / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA
  • Leicester City's player Wes Morgan (L) arrives with his team at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
    Leicester City's player Wes Morgan (L) arrives with his team at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
  • Leicester City players, Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (L), Italian manager Claudio Ranieri (C) and Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki (R) greet in the Thai traditional way upon the team’s arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 May 2016. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
    Leicester City players, Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (L), Italian manager Claudio Ranieri (C) and Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki (R) greet in the Thai traditional way upon the team’s arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 May 2016. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
  • Leicester City's manager Claudio Ranieri speaks to the media as he arrives with his team at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
    Leicester City's manager Claudio Ranieri speaks to the media as he arrives with his team at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
  • Leicester City's manager Claudio Ranieri shakes hands with supporters as he arrives with his team at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
    Leicester City's manager Claudio Ranieri shakes hands with supporters as he arrives with his team at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
  • Leicester City supporters cheer as Leicester City FC players arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
    Leicester City supporters cheer as Leicester City FC players arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Football

Leicester City’s Premier League title party comes to Thailand – in pictures

Jake Badger

May 18, 2016

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Newly-crowned English Premier League champions Leicester City arrived in Thailand on Wednesday on a publicity blitz, hoping to tap into euphoria over their unlikely triumph. Scores of Thai fans – dubbed the "Siamese Foxes" – and a frenzied local media pack mobbed the champions at Bangkok's main airport on Wednesday morning, greeting them with requests for selfies and chants of "Leicester City, Leicester City".

Read more: Jamie Vardy not among Leicester party greeted by huge crowds in Thailand

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