Leicester draft in Marlon Harewood for special mission

When Foxes owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought his Premier League winning team 19 identical BMW sports cars he probably didn’t think through the consequences.

Leicester players have been struggling to identify which of the £100,000 cars in theirs in the club car park – and then there is the problem of picking up the wrong keys.

So former Premier League striker Marlon Harewood – who owns a local garage – has been drafted in to give each motor a new paint job.

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“The reason they have got them changed is because there were 19 cars all exactly the same,” he said.

“They wanted to personalise their own vehicle. I’ve heard rumours they couldn’t find their car in the car park but you don’t forget your own car.”

Meanwhile, Yohan Benalouane – who has made nine appearances for City since joining last summer – has been excluded from the champions’ Premier League squad.

But there is a place for goalkeeper Ben Hamer in the finalised list submitted on Thursday, despite not being given a squad number at the start of the season.