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A Leicester fan has cashed out early on his bet for the Foxes to win the Premier League title.

John Pryke staked £20 on his side to win the league at odds of 5,000/1 at the start of the season and he's taken the money and ran with just 10 games to go and Claudio Ranieri's side three points clear at the summit.

He was set to scoop £100,000 if his team won the league but he has instead pocketed £29,000.

The 59-year-old said: "Teams have worked out how to play against us and the smaller teams will just start parking the bus.

"I'd actually have preferred our run-in to be against the bigger teams as we know how to beat them.

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"It's been a crazy season, I'd be silly not to take my money and run."

He said he was going to buy a bungalow with the winnings - but will now scale down his celebrations and order more Chinese when his team travel to Vicarage Road to play Watford on Saturday.

Mr Pryke said: "I've also backed Leicester to finish in the top four at 400/1, so I can enjoy the rest of season knowing I've got my winnings early.

"£29,000 is a huge amount of money and I'd be silly ignore it. Not bad from £20."

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Ladbrokes said 47 optimistic punters backed Leicester at 5,000/1 to win the league at the start of the season, with Mr Pryke being the fourth to cash out.

Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said: "John's gut must be telling him Leicester's luck is about to run out so we don't blame him for cashing in his bet at all.

"£29k from £20 is an incredibly impressive return regardless and we take our hat off to him for having the vision to back his side at 5000/1 at the start of the season."

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