Nice touch

[WhispyWizard]

Perhaps I'm being a bit of a cynic, but putting your hand in your pocket for £45k when you've just spent £45 million on a plane is hardly going to put them in the running for Philanthropist of the Year.

Fantastic effort from the dad and his mates though, that really is absolutely incredible and I really hope it works out for them.

 

The club didn't haveto give him any more than the 23k they agreed, although they may as well have rounded it up to £50k

 

Glad they can goto America now, very well deserved!

[Hungry Hungry Fox]

I wrote a long post to explain further but I decided I couldn't be arsed, if you read my post it's obvious I'm not complaining; I just don't think it's quite as remarkable a gesture as people are saying.

I'm sure it was as far as Richard and Ellis were concerned

[DennisNedry]

Can see where ttfn is coming from.

 

Vichai is worth approximately £950,000,000, so £45k is the equivalent of 5p to the average Leicester fan.

 

However of course they didn't need to give anything and the donation will mean a lot to Ellis and his dad and takes them to the total they need, so it is a great gesture so well done to the Thais. They really are fantastic owners.

[Guest ttfn]

Can see where ttfn is coming from.

Vichai is worth approximately £950,000,000, so £45k is the equivalent of 5p to the average Leicester fan.

However of course they didn't need to give anything and the donation will mean a lot to Ellis and his dad and takes them to the total they need, so it is a great gesture so well done to the Thais. They really are fantastic owners.

No, exactly - they didn't have to do anything and it's nice of then to help the community they've already invested so much in through the football club.

Frankly it would have been a bit heartless and terrible PR if they hadn't done anything but this money is what the fans failed to raise and will make a world of difference to the campaign.

The really nice touch here is a dad cycling 2000+ miles to help his son, not a billionaire donating a week's bank interest. Obviously they're not competing interests but I think that one pales into insignificance compared to the other.