FIFA president hails Leicester title win as ‘the magic of football’

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, believes Leicester City’s Premier League title triumph is a fairytale that will be celebrated by football fans worldwide.
Claudio Ranieri’s men were crowned as champions on Monday night after nearest rivals Tottenham failed to secure the victory they needed at Chelsea to take the race into the final two weeks of the season.
Leicester, who were 5,000-1 outsiders for English football’s top prize at the start of the season, will now rub shoulders with European football’s elite in the Champions League next term and former UEFA general secretary Infantino believes they are thoroughly deserving of their status.
“It’s a fairytale. It’s one of these beautiful football stories that only football can write and no one would have believed possible at the beginning of the season or throughout the season,” Infantino told reporters at the UEFA Congress in Budapest.
“Not only does it make the Leicester fans very happy and very proud but all football fans because this is the magic of football.
“So big, big, big congratulations to the club, to Ranieri, to the players and they have their place in the Champions League on sporting merit.”