WITH two months of a gripping English Premier League (EPL) season left Leicester City is closing in on the title and it is not fanciful to suggest that Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Southampton could complete the top four.

    The idea of Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool, or even just two of them, finishing fifth or lower, would have been laughed off as absurd before a ball was kicked in August. But fantasy has become the new reality in the world’s richest league.

    Leicester, a 5000-1 shot to win the title at the start of the season, needs six wins from its last seven matches to guarantee becoming champion of England for the first time.

    Tottenham, without a title since 1961, is its nearest challenger and West Ham, in fifth place level on points with sixth-placed Manchester United, is sniffing a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Champions League.

    (SD-Agencies)