Leicester chairman sent 'abusive' messages

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Leicester "will beryllium back" aft their relegation from the Premier League, says Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, who revealed helium has had "offensive" messages asking him to merchantability the club.

His household person owned the Foxes since 2010, with Aiyawatt taking complaint successful 2018 aft the decease of begetter Vichai.

In that time, they person been promoted, won the Premier League and FA Cup.

"Relegation is undeniably a important setback, but it volition not specify us," the president said successful a statement.

The Foxes' relegation backmost to the Championship, nether brag Dean Smith, was confirmed connected the last time of the play contempt a 2-1 triumph implicit West Ham.

"Today we stock the nonaccomplishment and the symptom of relegation together," Srivaddhanaprabha continued. "But we volition beryllium back.

"We achieved things and stock experiences unneurotic that cipher volition ever forget. We completed an ascent cipher thought was imaginable - from relegation favourites to Premier League champions and 1 of the top sporting stories ever told."

Several of Leicester's cardinal players, including Youri Tielemans, Jonny Evans and Caglar Soyuncu - positive manager Smith, who replaced the sacked Brendan Rodgers with 8 games near - are retired of contract, meaning large changes are apt this summer.

Srivaddhanaprabha continued: "These milestones [winning the Premier League and FA Cup and having European runs] spot our concern contiguous into rather stark context, but I notation them to item the advancement we person made arsenic a nine successful the past 13 years, which gives maine assurance that we volition physique again.

"This past play has been the astir hard for each of america to endure. Relegation is simply a effect of 38 games and implicit that period, we haven't been bully enough.

"Over the coming days and weeks, we request to bespeak connected the processes and decisions that person brought america to this point. What we larn from this acquisition indispensable person into enactment that makes america stronger and prevents this happening to america again successful the future.

"This work that I proceed to unrecorded is 1 of the top responsibilities successful my beingness and I volition proceed to enactment everything into it.

"I person received a monolithic fig of messages from our fans - some affirmative and negative. Some privation maine to merchantability the club, immoderate utilizing violative and thoughtless words, and immoderate person been outright abusive.

"But for each hurtful connection I person received, I person besides received messages of support, of appreciation, of unity - some remotely and from radical I person met anonymously successful public, who ever travel to accidental hullo to maine and to my family. It means a batch to us."

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