A win away from title

4/26/2016 6:07:12 PM

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Leicester will complete an "incredible" Premier League title triumph and be crowned champions of England for the first time in their history if they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur the only team who can deny the Midlands club the title lost ground with a 1-1 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion on Monday that meant they were seven points behind with three games left to play.

Even if Leicester 5000/1 rank outsiders in pre-season to win the Premier League after narrowly avoiding relegation last term slip up at Old Trafford the Foxes will still be in pole position to finish the season as champions.

"There's still work to do but in most people's eyes it is done and dusted" former Leicester defender Matt Elliott told BBC Radio Five.

"Leicester can win the title at Old Trafford... it sounds incredible. I'm covering it on the radio and there are three of us going up in the car. If they win it won't be me driving home."

This season has seen Midlands club Leicester leave established Premier League giants such as Manchester City Arsenal and defending champions Chelsea well behind them.

Owned by Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Leicester have already qualified for the Champions League for the first time in a season where only the three promoted clubs - Watford Norwich and Bournemouth - started at longer odds to win the Premier League.

Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri who replaced sacked former Leicester boss Nigel Pearson in pre-season was derided as the 'Tinkerman' when he first made his name in English football as Chelsea manager from 2000-04.

But under the Italian's guidance the likes of Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez named last week as the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year and leading scorer Jamie Vardy have enjoyed the best seasons of their careers with the Foxes all-action game proving hard to resist in a campaign where they've lost just three league games to date.

When Leicester appointed Ranieri lifelong Foxes fan and former England striker Gary Lineker who started his career with his hometown club tweeted: "Claudio Ranieri really?"

Lineker subsequently admitted: "Oh how wrong I was how wonderfully spectacularly blissfully wrong."

The only downside for Leicester's best-known supporter is that it looks as if he may have to make good on a promise to present the BBC's flagship Match of the Day football programme in his underpants if the Foxes win the title.

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