“There has been two great stories in soccer this week”. Leicester had sales of 104 million pounds previous year.
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The first obstacle at Leicester was winning over the doubters after his surprise hiring in July.
He said: “Recently, I have rediscovered the pleasure to play”. “The journey we’ve been on is fantastic”.
No wonder the 32-year-old Morgan and his teammates are savoring every minute of it.
“He is very happy with his squad…” But we’ve waited 132 years.
“It’s a good start and it’s something we have forced people to believe in us. There were a few tears”.
Paddy Power, meanwhile, said Leicester’s win had already altered the way people were betting for next season.
That means an additional £100m from both commercial deals and the Champions League, as well as around £30m from the Premier League, giving a total expected windfall of £130m.
Relegation was forecast for this team, not embarrassing the gilded elite.
Defying odds of 5,000-1 to prevail ahead of England’s glamour clubs in a way that turned Leicester’s unheralded players into household names, even Ranieri’s mother had doubts.
Whether it was ever a title race or not between Spurs and Leicester, the latter have won and are deservedly champions of England.
“How many years after Nottingham Forest [in 1977-78] and Blackburn [in 1994-95] have another team won?” There were nine Premier League clubs in the top 20, while Leicester fell just outside behind the likes of Aston Villa and Southampton.
The magnitude of Leicester’s feat will be measured by what happens next.
“For us it is important to stay in the 10th position around there and try to fight to go into Europe”, Ranieri said at Leicester’s modest training ground. “We’re going to push on”. The richest will win or who can pick up the best players to make a team.
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Ranieri’s argument, though, is other clubs in the Premier League still have more money to spend on players. “So selling players is not on our agenda”. He joined Leicester City in 1983 and played for the team for three years from 1983 to 1986. At half time, with our side leading 1-0, we wanted the final whistle to arrive as quickly as possible.
