Fan Tributes To Leicester Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha As Week-Long Memorial Begins In Bangkok itv.com

A week-long funeral has begun in Thailand for the Leicester City chairman killed in last weekend’s helicopter crash outside the club’s stadium.

Mourners were seen arriving at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok to honour Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a week to the day he and four others lost their lives near the King Power ground.
Members of the Leicester squad will fly out to join the memorial after Saturday afternoon’s Premier League away game against Cardiff City.

Tributes are expected to be made on the pitch, along with a minute’s silence.

Fans gathered at the King Power stadium on Saturday to add to the vast sea of scarves, shirts and flowers as the team bus set off for south Wales.
Nusara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz also died in the crash last Saturday after a 1-1 draw with West Ham United.

Leicester boss Claude Puel will lead the senior players, including captain Wes Morgan, striker Jamie Vardy and goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, on the trip abroad to support Vichai’s family.

The group from the club is due to return on Tuesday ahead of next weekend’s visit of Burnley.

It will be the first home game since the tragedy.