A "terribly shaken" Claudio Ranieri has paid tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after the Leicester City owner's tragic death in a helicopter crash outside the club's King Power Stadium on Saturday.
Thai billionaire Vichai was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening.
Leicester vice chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha visited the King Power Stadium on Monday to pay tribute to his father and club owner Vichai, with an emotional Leicester squad also paying their respects to the 60-year-old at the ground on Monday.
Manager Claude Puel joined his players while vice chairman Aiyawatt returned to see the tributes after arriving earlier in the morning while around 200 fans broke into spontaneous applause.
Aiyawatt had been joined by his mother and Vichai's wife Aimon at the ground and they laid a floral tribute.
Leicester City's Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Club officials, including director of football Jon Rudkin and chief executive Susan Whelan, also attended as they viewed the floral tributes and the family laid their own.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has recovered the helicopter's black boxes, voice and data, and are working on them at their Farnborough base.
Ranieri, who led the Foxes to the Premier League title in 2016, told Sky in Italy: "He was a good man and always had a positive word for everyone. His positivity and ability to make everybody love him was clear for all to see.
"He came into the dressing room only to dispense kind words, never to reproach you.
"One time, soon after my birthday, he arrived in the dressing room with a huge cake and made everyone sing 'Happy Birthday'.
Tributes laid for Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanapra
"He was an illuminated man and everything he touched became better.
"Now it's up to his son (Aiyawatt), who has always been in love with football, to carry on in his father's footsteps."
Additional reporting by the Press Association.
