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Leicester players and staff will travel to Thailand to pay their final respects to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha at cremation ceremony next week Leicester's players and staff will pay final respects to Khun Vichai next week  The Thai billionaire was killed in a devastating helicopter crash in October Brendan Rodgers and his players will go to Thailand for his cremation ceremony 

By Max Winters For Mailonline

Published: 17:17 GMT, 14 March 2019 | Updated: 17:17 GMT, 14 March 2019

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Leicester City's players and staff will fly to Thailand next week to pay their final respects to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha following his death in October.

The club's fallen chairman was killed in a devastating helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium on October 27 and was one of five people killed when the helicopter they left the stadium in lost control and crashed nearby.

Players and staff travelled to Thailand for the funeral in November but, according to The Independent, those who are not representing their countries will join Brendan Rodgers and his staff on a trip to the Far East to pay their final respects next week.

Leicester will fly to Thailand next week to pay final respects to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

Leicester will fly to Thailand next week to pay final respects to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

Players, manager Brendan Rodgers and his staff will go to Thailand for his creation ceremony

Players, manager Brendan Rodgers and his staff will go to Thailand for his creation ceremony

Rodgers said: 'I was made aware of that (Khun Vichai's cremation) when I came in.

'Next week, the international players will go away with their teams and the remainder of the staff and players will go and show their respects and travel to Thailand for the funeral.'

A week-long funeral was held for

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