English Premier League club Leicester City gained plenty of followers in Zambia after national team striker and star Patson Daka joined the Foxes on a transfer from Red Bull Salzburg but there is plenty of history between the club and the country located in south central Africa. In a a special piece for ESPN, Leonard Solms documents the relationship between Leicester and Zambia going back to a correspondence between the club and Zambia’s long serving first president, Kenneth Kaunda.
Zambia’s love for Leicester City goes back decades, well before Patson Daka arrived
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