But the England Under-21 global, who has made 10 substitute appearances in the league for Leicester, feels he was destined to help the club win the title.
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“I came from non-league, from amateur football, and when I arrived at Cagliari, in the third division, and we got to Serie A, that was my first fairytale”, Ranieri said.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino refused to take a swipe at his players despite the team finishing with an English Premier League high nine yellow cards in the draw with Chelsea that allowed Leicester to win the title. It opened the season at 5,000-to-1 to take the title, and Monday completed one of the great underdog stories in sports history.
“Credit to everyone. Since I’ve been here the fans have been unbelievable, they have been right behind us and we need that”.
Ranieri has hailed his players’ achievement but anticipates their success being a one-off, with past trends representing his best estimate at what will happen in the future.
“This has been a brilliant week for the sport”.
The Foxes were 5000-1 to win the league at the start of the campaign, but have defied the odds with two games to spare.
The Toffees have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League games against Leicester, but this was the reverse meeting in December (W2 D9).
“I’m just going to try and hold back the tears, ” Morgan said.
“Another says “Claudio, how many managers are there in the world?”.
“It is true that Leicester asked me (to be their coach) for this season”, Hiddink told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
City’s other avenue for Champions League qualification – by winning the competition this season – was closed off when City was eliminated by Real Madrid in the semifinals on Wednesday, losing 1-0 in the return leg. “The team has lost three games. I have loved every minute working with him”.
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Despite the global interest in Manchester City’s title win in 2012 and Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement as Manchester United manager the following year, Scudamore believes this has drawn an even stronger spotlight.
