Infantino: "Money does not necessarily win in football"

Baku. 29 April. REPORT.AZ/ FIFA President Gianni Infantino visited the headquarters of Leicester's ownership company on Thursday and said the club's Premier League title run shows that fairytales are still possible, Report informs.

Infantino, visiting Thailand for the centenary of the local soccer association, met with local officials at the hotel connected to the headquarters of King Power, the duty free company which is the main business interest of Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

Leicester was a 5000-1 outsider when the season began but can clinch the Premier League title on Sunday if the team wins at Manchester United.

"Money does not necessarily win in football," Infantino said. "Fairytales like the fairytale of Leicester are exactly showing us that football is unpredictable.

"Money is an important element when you build up a team, but it's not only this."