Mourinho’s comments on Leicester’s achievement are particularly interesting given it was his Chelsea side who were replaced by the Foxes as champions.
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The Community Shield, the annual meeting between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup winners, is certainly not be the most important piece of silverware either club will go for this season.
“I forgot what happened last season”, Ranieri said. And Ranieri believes his work will ensure that the demise of Chelsea under Mourinho is not repeated at his club. “An wonderful story like Leicester brings even more credibility to the Premier League and that’s why the Premier League is the Premier League”. The Special One would like to prove that he has still got what it takes to be considered a top manager.
New signings Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were also in the squad with Anthony Martial, who was not spotted in training with the rest of the 23-man squad. Promising to play Rooney as a forward, Mourinho has led down the marker in his early days by asking German legend Bastian Schweinsteiger to train with the reserves.
In the pre-season, Manchester United did not have a happy time. All in all, it is going to be a match to find the winning touch for both the teams.
The most remarkable champions in English premier league history, Leicester spent the season before last battling relegation under Nigel Pearson, but they were a transformed side in 2015-16 and we will keep on talking about their remarkable triumph for years to come.
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has warned his defending champions their rivals are ready to hunt them down.
Ranieri will be eager for an improved performance on what Leicester produced in its last two preseason outings.
Leicester City, on the contrary, have not been extremely active in the transfer window.
He added: “We have six changes, not three, so that gives me the chance to give minutes to some people, a chance to play with some players who I know can not have the condition to play for 90 minutes, so it will be a little bit of everything – and, of course, we will try to win it”.
Jose Mourinho: “I think it will be a different season for them but they can cope with the situation. Last season we made something which is hard to repeat but I want the maximum”.
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“I don’t want my players to ever give up against the big teams or anybody”. In this country we want a league.
