From Burton to Barcelona

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Leicester City’s status as Premier League champions has propelled them into a new world this summer.

The Foxes have traded the trips to Sincil Bank and Field Mill for the more exotic environs of California and Stockholm as part of their pre-season preparations.

So while the total attendance for their five pre-season games in 2015 was just 21,854, Claudio Ranieri’s men can count on playing to considerably larger crowds one year on.

There is likely to be more than that at Celtic Park alone on Saturday when Leicester take on Scottish champions Celtic to kick off their involvement in the International Champions Cup.

A year and a day after Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in a 2-1 win at Rotherham …

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