“But for the next two or three years, he is going to be a major force in the Premier League and hopefully for England at the Euros”.
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A Leicester City football fan looks up at a large projection of an image of Leicester City’s striker Jamie Vardy on the side of a building as the city celebrate’s their team becoming the English Premier League champions in central Leicester, eastern England, on Monday.
Claudio Ranieri expects the Premier League’s richest clubs to return to dominance and win the title for the next 10 to 20 years. “They deserve to be champions”.
Across the pond, the focus shifted to the financial aspect of the achievement, with Leicester now a modern symbol of the American Dream. This season is out of our project, but our foundations are very solid and we want to do our best. “We sit here and say we want unpredictability, but who could have thought it would throw this up?”
“Maybe now is too early to think what we have done”, added the Leicester boss.
“I first started thinking we could qualify for the Champions League when we were still top at Christmas, then carried on picking up points in January”.
To give you some perspective, the Philadelphia 76ers, which everyone knew were intentionally tanking, were still only around a 400-1 shot to win the National Basketball Association title.
Captain Wes Morgan, the personification of their astonishing 12-month transformation, said it was their indomitable team spirit that saw them through.
“I never expected this when I arrived”.
Leicester City’s stunning Premier League title success has made manager Claudio Ranieri the “King of England”, according to his mother.
“Saturday can’t come quickly enough”. It has been widely deemed to be one of the greatest shocks in soccer history, with Leicester having narrowly avoided relegation last season, before Ranieri’s appointment.
Betfred owner Fred Done commented: “Good luck to Mitchell and Jordan – we have never paid out so much to two fellas who have put a bet on by mistake”.
“(And) next season I hope we can have a better season and get the title back”. “It was a massive season for them – we just need to be stronger next season”.
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They defended, attacked and chased in the midfield in a dogged fashion to become the toast of people around the world who love to support sporting underdogs.
