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Riyad Mahrez opens the door to one of the 19 brand new BMW I8s parked at the King Power
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Leicester City have been struggling to get into gear in pre-season following defeats by Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
But
now the Foxes players have been given the perfect gifts to help get
them back on track ahead of the new season - after the first-team squad
were rewarded with
£105,000 supercars.
A
fleet of 19 protonic blue BMW I8s - which cost a total of £2million
were seen outside the club's King Power Stadium on Friday.
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A fleet of 19 BMW I8 supercars arrived outside the King Power Stadium on Friday
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The BMWs were coloured in protonic blue and were a gift to each Leicester first-team player
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And
the cars are understood to be gifts from chairman Vichai
Srivaddhanaprabha to the players following their stunning Premier League
title victory back in May.
The
Thai businessman improved on a promise he made in the days following
the club's title win, which did consist of buying standard road cars
worth around £30,000 each to the playing staff.
But
the arrival of the supercars, worth exactly £104,990 each, from the
local BMW garage in Leicester will come as a massive boost to a team
looking to get back into the fast lane ahead of Sunday's Community
Shield.
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The cars worth £105,000 each are gifts
from Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Leicester chairman, to the players
following their stunning march to last season's Premier League title
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Members of the public look on outside the stadium as they catch an eye on the supercars
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The car gifts comes following a promise in May by Srivaddhanaprabha to reward the Foxes
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Striker Jamie Vardy trains with the Leicester team at their Belvoir Drive base on Friday
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Vardy will be hoping to start ahead of Sunday's Wembley clash with Manchester United
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Riyad Mahrez has been linked with a
move to Arsenal this summer but was in good spirits as he trained with
the Foxes ahead of the Community Shield match with United
Claudio
Ranieri's side have been training ahead of the Wembley showdown with
Manchester United - where they look to add another piece of silverware
to their trophy cabinet.
When
asked at his pre-match press conference whether he would get a car,
Ranieri smiled: 'Some gifts are only for them? Not for me? I want to
speak with my owner.
'I am thinking about the match, not about the cars.'
Leicester
will be hoping to win the Community Shield for the first time since
1971 when they take on the FA Cup winners in the season's traditional
curtain raiser.
Following
on from Wembley, the Foxes' get the new Premier League campaign
underway on August 13 when they take on newly promoted Hull City in a
12.30pm kick off.
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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri gives instructions to Demarai Gray during Friday's session
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Marc Albrighton is put through his paces as Robert Huth (left) looks on at his team-mate
Jeff Schlupp looks on as attempts to seal a starting spot for the match with Manchester United
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Kasper Schmeichel will likely start in goal for Leicester as he makes a save during training
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