Monk tips Euro glory for Foxes

Newly-crowned Premier League champions Leicester City will have few problems adapting to the Champions League, according to the monk revered by the club’s Thai owners.

Buddhist Phra Prommangkalachan predicted earlier in the season that the Foxes would overcome their 5,000-1 odds and win the English top flight.

The prediction came true on Monday night and by Tuesday morning visitors were flocking to the Golden Buddha temple in the Chinatown area of Bangkok that has swiftly turned into a venerated site for Leicester fans in Thailand.

Prommangkalachan came to prominence when Thailand’s King Power duty free company, owned by billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprbha, bought the club six years ago and asked the monk to bless the team.

Speaking at the temple about his effect on the team, Prommangkalachan said: “I believe the power of Buddhism and the …

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