Former Leicester winger Matt Piper on 5 Live breakfast: "I was at the game on Saturday. I do the summarising for Radio Leicester on match days. The chairman was there.
"It is the darkest day for our football club at the minute and we are just waiting on news now and praying that everyone who did board that helicopter is all right.
We only talk about the huge things that the chairman has done for the football club but, on a day-to-day basis at games, he and his son give out free pies, beers, cakes, clappers, doughnuts, T-shirts – they are a shining example to other owners of football clubs.
"The connection they have with the people of Leicester - not just its fans - because him and his son and the King Power empire support local charities, hospitals. It's a real dark day if you’re a Leicester fan and for the wider community."
Sounds a great guy
