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BONUS: Leicester City's league winning squad treated to brand new £100k BMW i8 each
The fleet of 19 BMW i8 sports cars was delivered to Leicester City’s stadium after the club’s Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha forked out £2million for them.
Most of the members of the titlewinning squad will get one, including striker Jamie Vardy and winger Riyad Mahrez.
The hybrid cars, which have a top speed of 160mph, were lined up outside the King Power stadium yesterday – all in Leicester City blue.
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LINE UP: 19 brand new BMW i8s parked in front of Leicester's stadium for the league winners
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BOSS: Clubs Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha surprised 19 Leicester stars with the supercar
The motors come on top of a £6.5m bonus pot that has also been split between the squad.
“Not for me? I want to speak with my owner”
Claudo Ranieri
A car was originally earmarked for each of the 23 Foxes who played for the first team last season.
However ace midfielder N’Golo Kante, who played a pivotal role in the team’s victory, will miss out after transferring to Chelsea for £30m.
Joe Dodoo, who went to Rangers, Andrej Kramaric, who moved to German team 1899 Hoffenheim and Yohan Benalouane, who is on loan to Italian club Fiorentina, were also left off the list.
The trio made only made a handful of substitute appearances between them.
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FORMATION: Star such as Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Wes Morgan received the bonus
Manager Claudio Ranieri, who led the team to victory despite being 5,000-1 outsiders, missed out too.
As he prepared his side for tomorrow’s Community Shield showdown with FA Cup winners Manchester United at Wembley, he joked: “Not for me? I want to speak with my owner.”
But he added: “I am thinking about the match not about the cars.”
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