Leicester City will play against Burnley in this round of Premier League. This is the first home game after the club president Vichai’s unfortunate death. They will hold a mourning ceremony for Vichai before the game. According to Daily Telegraph said that Ranieri, Pearson and Shakespeare, the three former coaches of Leicester City, will come to the King Power stadium. Although all three coaches were dismissed from Leicester City, they all have good relations with the club. They hope to express their respect in Burnley’s game. Before that, each of them had gone to the scene of the event to show their own respect.
In addition, Leicester City also announced that they would build a statue for Vichai, in order to permanently commemorate his contribution to the club.
Ranieri led Leicester City win the Premier League in 2016. He accepted the invitation of the club to come back to mourn Vichai and this is the first time for him to watch the official game in King Power stadium after he left the team.
Pearson and Shakespeare were also invited, and they have both contributed to winning the Premier League title. Another former coach Eriksson was also invited, but due to the arrangement of other events, he could not be present. In addition, Cambiasso will also appear on the court. However, Mahrez and Kanter could not be present because they had to follow their clubs to prepare for the Sunday’s league games.
Local time this Saturday, Leicester City will perform a mourning ceremony before the game against Burnley, including a commemorative video, a memorial banner and a two-minute silence ceremony. It is not only for their president Vichai, but also for the four people died on the helicopter the crash.