DBasia.news – So long, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, you won’t be forgotten in building Leicester City and breaking the record in the Premier League.
British football is grieving. Leicester City owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, confirmed by the club died in the helicopter crash outside King Power Stadium.
Sven-Goran Eriksson, the coach who just appointed to coach Philippines national team, knows Vichai. Eriksson coached Leicester in the 2010-2011 season. Despite sacked by Vichai, he didn’t feel any resentment because he admitted Leicester were bad under his leadership.
“When I came to the club he said he wanted to make it a big Premier League club, there were no secrets about that. He sacked me but I think he did well because I bought the wrong players,” Eriksson told Dailymail.
Furthermore, according to the Sweden coach, Vichai is a person who really attentive to Leicester and always comes to the stadium watching the match. The role of the man who was born in Bangkok, April 4th, 1958, was really huge in building Leicester.
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
“It’s frightening news. I knew the whole family and the father. What he has done for Leicester is incredible. He made the club from second division up to first division winning and made the club a big Premier League club today, fantastic,” Eriksson explained.
“He was always there with his family. I think he saw every game during my time and he took part in it as did the whole family, they were at training, talking to the manager, talking to the family, they are fantastic for the club.”