Champions: How the world reacted

Leicester’s extraordinary Premier League title win has captured the imaginations of so many football fans – as well as headline writers across the UK and beyond.

Their success dominated the front pages of British newspapers on Tuesday morning, with some broadsheets and red tops adopting an uncustomary blue look in tribute to the champions.

Others went with the headline ‘Blue done it’ after Claudio Ranieri took a team which came close to relegation last season to their first ever top-flight league win.

While Arsenal became known as The Invincibles after they won the title without losing a game in 2003/04, the Daily Mirror dubbed Leicester “The Incredibles” in their headline.

A common theme focused on Leicester’s rise from rank outsiders, with the Daily Mail proclaiming: “Football’s 5000-1 fairytale: No-hopers Britain fell in love with are champs!”

The front page of The Guardian read “Leicester City: Kings of England” alongside a portrait of Richard III.

His skeleton was discovered in a car park four years ago and his reburial in Leicester Cathedral is believed by some to have brought the city good luck.

It wasn’t just at home that a link was made with a notable figure from the …

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