With an insurmountable seven-point lead with two games remaining, Leicester is champion of England for the first time in its 132-year history.
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“We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing”.
Ranieri, back at the Leicester training ground and meeting up with his players for the first time since they were crowned champions, described their success as “unbelievable”.
“I’m proud of everyone, I’m proud of the club and we’ve just got to keep moving in the right direction, finish the season off well now and look forward to next season”, concluded the English worldwide.
Their story has rocked the world after they went from relegation battlers to league-winning heroes.
O’Neill was involved in two of football’s other massive shocks in recent history when he played a key role in Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest side that won back-to-back European Cups in 79 and 80.
Indeed, the dominance of Manchester United and Manchester City, and the London clubs Arsenal and Chelsea, with a solitary win by l995 big-spenders Blackburn Rovers, is testament to the power of money to position clubs for success.
Leicester City captain Wes Morgan conceded his is likely to be misty-eyed when he hoists the Premier League trophy on Saturday.
“It’s the greatest achievement in the history of English football, and it was led by an Italian”, Matteo Renzi, the Italian Prime Minister, tweeted. Of course if some players don’t want to stay with us because they aren’t happy to continue with us, I don’t want unhappy people.
“He is a great man, a serious man who came up from nothing”, said pensioner Annamaria Caroni, who said she could remember Ranieri’s late father, who had been the local butcher. “They’ve been fantastic this season”, the 22-year-old said.
Boxer Amir Khan says he will use Leicester’s unexpected title triumph as inspiration for his fight against middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez this weekend.
A dejected Harry Kane after a 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Monday night.
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Gary Cahill scored for Chelsea in the 58th and Eden Hazard equalized in the 83rd.
