World reacts to Leicester City’s Premier League triumph on Twitter

CHAMPIONS !!!!! thank u everyone !!!

— Riyad Mahrez (@Mahrez22) 2 May 2016

Words can not describe the love I have for my teammates. I dreamt of this since i was a boy and i will be forever grateful to you all

— Kasper schmeichel (@kschmeichel1) May 2, 2016

Picture says it all… pic.twitter.com/BmqPZPHpSe

— Danny Drinkwater (@DannyDrinkwater) 2 May 2016

Former Foxes out in force

Leicester City have won the Premier League. The biggest sporting shock of my lifetime, and it's only my team.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) 2 May 2016

Greatest achievement in British sport , congratulations LEICESTER CITY PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

— Robbie Savage (@RobbieSavage8) 2 May 2016

BREAKING. Leicester City are Champions of England !!

The 24th club to win the English title.

CONGRATULATIONS @LCFC

— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) 2 May 2016

Sporting world unites

Our very own Blue is in party mode. Awesome Leicester City what an achievement! #champions pic.twitter.com/GNinC0jeqH

— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) 2 May 2016

Unbelievable scenes in Leicester.. Well done to the whole city… #sportrocks #whywewatch #fairytale

— Will Greenwood (@WillGreenwood) 2 May 2016

@Paulnico199 Just needed a few words of wisdom!! Great result and well done Leicester!!

— Alec Stewart (@StewieCricket) 2 May 2016

#Leicester #CHAMPS whaaaaat!!! an amazing story… This is why I love sport, anything can happen! @LCFC @premierleague

— Heather Watson (@HeatherWatson92) 2 May 2016

blow me down. Congratulations to Leicester city. What a story! Tigers fans you can google the rules of football to go with your new shirts

— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) 2 May 2016

Congratulations to Leicester and @vardy7 #Champions #AgainstAllOdds

— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) 2 May 2016

Leicester city

Amazing! Congrats

— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) 2 May 2016

Well done, Leicester City.
You showed all sportsman that dreams & fairytales can come true , if u truly believe, amazing story. Congrats

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) 2 May 2016

Current football peers in awe

Congratulations to the new Champions of England, Leicester City. Respect.

— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) 2 May 2016

Leicester . Incredible . s off

— Peter Crouch (@petercrouch) 2 May 2016

Leicester city..champion.
Congratulations to the players and to an amazing manager as RANIERI!

— Mario Balotelli (@FinallyMario) 2 May 2016

Congratulations to Leicester on winning the league title. What an unbelievable performance over the course of the season!

— Basti Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) 2 May 2016

Huge congrats to Leicester City! What a story! @LCFC

— Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) 2 May 2016

Past pros appreciate achievement

Congratulations to @kschmeichel1 and his @LCFC teammates for winning @premierleague

— Peter Schmeichel (@Pschmeichel1) May 2, 2016

What a night for Leicester Mark Selby snooker world champ too

— Matt Le Tissier (@mattletiss7) 2 May 2016

Congratulations to Claudio Raineri and everybody at Leicester. COYS

— osvaldo ardiles (@osvaldooardiles) 2 May 2016

Congrats to Leicester City what a Feat . Spurs gave it everything and will represent the PL in the Champions League very well next season

— Glenn Hoddle (@GlennHoddle) 2 May 2016

Congratulations to @LCFC for an incredible season winning @premierleague and fully deserved! Great GK @kschmeichel1 pic.twitter.com/ttPj1H1fls

— Edwin van der Sar (@vdsar1970) May 2, 2016

It's been on the cards for a while… just let that sink in for a sec,But …WOW.. Leicester are champions… Absolutely superb. Well done

— Robbie Fowler (@Robbie9Fowler) 2 May 2016

That footage of the Leicester players celebrating at the final whistle is priceless. What a team. #Champions

— michael owen (@themichaelowen) 2 May 2016

Congratulations to both Leicester and my friend Claudio Ranieri for their historic win of the Premier League https://t.co/WWGPAVNp1E

— Carlo Ancelotti (@MrAncelotti) 2 May 2016

Celebs out in force too

Congratulations Leicester city. What a story .fantastic players, fantastic manager . Enjoy . Jamie vardys having a party . @LCFC

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) 2 May 2016

Well done Leicester,amazing achievement. And well done Spurs, great season. Also hope Chelsea fulfill their dream of a top half finish #COYS

— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) 2 May 2016

Can I join in? My mum was from Leicester. Erm… we had school trips to see Shakespeare plays at the Haymarket. Yay! Go Leicester!

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) 2 May 2016

Top of The League ! It's yours Leicester City – Enjoy, You deserved it. @LCFC #MUFC

— Eamonn Holmes (@EamonnHolmes) 2 May 2016

So rare as a Chelsea fan to have everyone (nearly) on our side. Joyous evening. Well done Leicester. Well done.

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) 2 May 2016

Leicester winning the league might just be the most amazing story in the history of sport. Congratulations Foxes! Extraordinary!

— Matt Lucas (@RealMattLucas) 2 May 2016

Well done Leicester, great achievement.

— Duncan Bannatyne (@DuncanBannatyne) 2 May 2016

Well done Leicester. What a story. CHAMPIONS
Ranieri wanted it to finish like an American movie & sadly it did, with fisticuffs

— Clare Balding (@clarebalding) 2 May 2016

Congratulations, Leicester City.
You just proved dreams & fairytales do come true.
What a team, what a manager, what a story!

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 2 May 2016

That is just astonishing. Well done Leicester.

— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) 2 May 2016

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