Lester made a statement confirming that the owner of the club Vichay Srivadkhanaprabhi died during a helicopter crash.

“With great regret and a broken heart, we confirm that Vichay Srivadkhanaprabha is the club’s president, who died on Saturday evening, during a helicopter crash. None of the five people aboard the helicopter survived ".

“Thoughts are all in the club now with the Srivadkhanaprabha family and the families of those who were aboard during this tragedy, the loss of which cannot be described in words”.

"Lester, like his family, will mourn the passing of the president of the club.

We will support the development of the club the way he saw it ".

"The club staff are touched by the support of the football community in such a difficult moment," reads the statement on the official site of Leicester City..

Earlier it was reported that Lester asked to postpone the next match.

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