David Alaba had seen the story unfold but the Bayern Munich star needed an eye-witness account. So on the first day of training, ahead of Austria’s Euro 2016 campaign, he made a beeline for Leicester defender Christian Fuchs. Alaba had just one question: tell me how you did it.
‘It was amazing,’ says Alaba, shaking his head in wonder about the 5000/1 champions. ‘Christian did an amazing job last season. What stories did he tell me? The first thing he said was there was an unbelievable party – I saw them celebrating on TV! – they wrote a new page in history.