Leicester City fans celebrate in the streets after their football club claimed its maiden English Premier League title.
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“We don t need the superstars”, said the 64-year-old, who joined his squad for a celebratory lunch at an Italian restaurant in Leicester on Tuesday.
“The players, the heart, the soul and how they play”, he said when asked the secret of the season.
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri.
The Belgian, who will be in action at Euro 2016 which starts next month, said the intense derby atmosphere against Spurs helped inspire him to produce his best display of the season.
O’Neill, previously City’s most successful boss having led them to two League Cup victories, saluted Claudio Ranieri’s outsiders for proving romanticism still exists in football: “It is absolutely extraordinary”, he said.
“I don’t want big names here, I don’t want to break the dressing room”. I say dilly-ding, dilly-dong, they woke up and the dream was a reality.
Opera star Andrea Bocelli will sing to fans before the game at the King Power Stadium while supporters will also get free beer and pizza as the club continue the celebrations since winning the league on Monday.
“If one of my players says to me “I want to go”.
Leicester secured a first top-flight league title in their 132-year history on Monday, as Tottenham drew 2-2 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. But now he is a champion of England and we couldn’t be prouder’.
“Leicester City, Leicester City have won”. “I will suggest to everybody this is a fantastic club, we won the title, we can do something good in these few years”.
He said: “The first time I came to England to be manager (in 2000) I was in my country house”.
Ranieri has already reiterated Leicester’s title success is a one-off and knows they face a battle trying to juggle their defence and a Champions League campaign.
Ranieri remained coy on his own contract situation though after he signed a three-year deal in 2015 to replace Nigel Pearson at the King Power Stadium.
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Jamie Vardy is available for Leicester after his two-match ban – and he will return with a new tattoo after a seven-hour session in the tattooist’s chair.
