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Nicolas Atkin

The son of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has revealed the club will commission a statue paying tribute to his father following the 60-year-old’s death in a helicopter crash.
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha revealed the news in a souvenir programme for Saturday’s Premier League game against Burnley at the King Power Stadium.
The match is Leicester’s first at their home ground since the Chairman and four other people died when his helicopter span out of control and crashed in the stadium’s car park soon after the 1-1 draw against West Ham on October 27.
Free copies of the programme will be given to all supporters as part of the club’s tributes to the victims of the crash.
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“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 – but we are committed to honouring his memory and upholding his legacy,” Aiyawatt, known affectionately to Leicester supporters as “Top”, said.
A consortium led by Vichai bought Leicester in 2010 when they were languishing in the second tier of English football, and six years later they were Premier League champions.


Vichai was loved by fans for his kindness and generosity, giving millions of pounds in donations to local charities.
“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 – but we are committed to honouring his memory and upholding his legacy,” said Aiyawatt, who has vowed to continue his father’s legacy at Leicester.
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“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.
“I plan to commission a statue of my father, for outside King Power Stadium, as a permanent and fitting tribute to the man that made it all possible.
“He will forever be in our hearts. He will never be forgotten.”
The club said they would give further details on the positioning of the statue at the King Power Stadium at a later date.
As well as the souvenir programme, fans will also be given commemorative scarves, pin badges and clap banners.
A tribute video to Vichai will also be shown on the stadium’s big screens 15 minutes ahead of kick-off on Saturday, before a two-minute silence is observed for Remembrance Day.
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Leicester’s players hold a banner in tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Photo: AFP

Soccer Football - Premier League - Cardiff City v Leicester City - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - November 3, 2018 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy embraces James Maddison, who wears a shirt in remembrance of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, late chairman of Leicester City Football Club after the match REUTERS/Darren Staples EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Leicester City mourn and honour the victims of the helicopter crash - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - October 31, 2018 Tributes left for Leicester City's owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and four other people who died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed as it left the ground after the match on Saturday, are seen at the King Power Stadium Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra/File Photo

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Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, the son of Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash at the club’s stadium, looks at the floral tributes left to the victims of the crash. Photo: AFP

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (L) the son of Leicester City's Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (R portrait), who died in a helicopter crash at the club's stadium, gestures amid the floral tributes left to the victims of the crash at Leicester City Football Club's King Power Stadium in Leicester, eastern England, on October 29, 2018. - Leicester City's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Premier League side's stadium car park moments after taking off from the pitch, the club said on October 28. A stream of fans already fearing the worst had laid out flowers, football scarves and Buddhist prayers outside the club's King Power stadium after Saturday's accident in tribute to the Thai billionaire boss -- the man they credit for an against-all-odds Premier League victory in 2016 (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (2nd L) the son of Leicester City's Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who died in a helicopter crash at the club's stadium, greets a fan as he arrives with family and board members to view the floral tributes left to the victims of the crash outside Leicester City Football Club's King Power Stadium in Leicester, eastern England, on October 29, 2018. - Leicester City's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Premier League side's stadium car park moments after taking off from the pitch, the club said on October 28. A stream of fans already fearing the worst had laid out flowers, football scarves and Buddhist prayers outside the club's King Power stadium after Saturday's accident in tribute to the Thai billionaire boss -- the man they credit for an against-all-odds Premier League victory in 2016 (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Leicester City Training - Vicente Calderon Stadium, Madrid, Spain - April 11, 2017 Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and vice chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha during training Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine/File Photo

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 01, 2016 Leicester City's Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (L) waves to fans next to son Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (R) after the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on May 1, 2016. - Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Thai billionaire owner of Leicester City, whose helicopter crashed Saturday outside the Premier League club's stadium, is the author of one of football's greatest fairytales. Polo-loving Vichai, 60, endeared himself forever to Leicester fans when the unfashionable club broke the grip of English football's traditional giants to win the Premier League in 2016 -- the first top-flight title in their history. (Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betti

FILE - In this Monday, May 16, 2016 file photo Leicester City Vice Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, right, and Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 2nd right, celebrate with the Premier League trophy at Victoria Park, Leicester, England, during the victory parade after winning the English Premier league title in Leicester, England. Thai billionaire and Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed in a parking lot next to the soccer club's stadium, was known to fans as a smiling, benevolent man who gave away free beers and hot dogs on his birthday and brought the club its fairytale English Premier League title in 2016. He was 60. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

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Chairman’s son announces special tribute to father Vichai at football club

‘We will never be able to repay what he did for us’, says Aiyawatt