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Leicester to play in Bangkok in July

Thai-owned English football side to meet Spurs in exhibition match

Jamie Vardy (centre) applauds Leicester City fans after the club’s 3-0 loss to Liverpool on Monday night at King Power Stadium. (Photo: Reuters)

Thai-owned Leicester City, who are fighting to stay in the Premier League, will play Tottenham Hotspur in Bangkok in July, in one of a series of top-flight European football exhibition matches that will take place across Asia.

Leicester currently sit 19th in the English top flight, following a 3-0 loss to Liverpool on Monday night. With only two matches left, they will need at least one victory — and some luck in the form of losses by other strugglers — to avoid being relegated.

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