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Say what you like about Leicester City’s dismal performances but just don’t say it to Harry Winks when he’s boarding the team coach outside Fratton Park shortly after they’ve lost their 18th Championship match of the season. Last Saturday, the midfielder told travelling fans to “[Eff] off!” ahead of the return leg of their 328-mile round trip to watch their side lose to Portsmouth. Unsurprisingly, Winks was not asked to reprise his role as the club’s public liaison officer after their relegation to League One was confirmed by Tuesday’s home draw with Hull City. It was left to local lad Hamza Choudhury to take on the role of human shield outside the King Power Stadium as his teammates sheepishly slunk away to their cars and made good their escape from the angry mob.
“We are, I think everyone in there is,” he told fans who said Leicester’s players were an embarrassment who should be “[eff]in’ ashamed” of themselves for getting relegated for a second season on the bounce. “Of course we care, of course we care,” he added, before reaching for the phrase a third time like a man hoping that if he said it often enough, it might miraculously become true. Leicester chief suit Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha also fronted up before disgruntled fans, telling them he would do everything in his power to ensure a speedy return to the Championship for a club that has lost £270m over the past four years and incurred a six-point deduction this season for financial shenanigans. “It’s a bad day,” said Top, who it is worth remembering has endured far worse days at the King Power. “I cannot blame anyone. I can blame myself. It’s not right, I tried everything, we all tried. It’s not about who is wrong now, it’s about what’s next. I will try.”
