A busy off-season, with two of the biggest worldwide tournaments, followed by the phantasmagoria of the transfer market, has meant that we are back to where we started a year ago: bookmakers still believe Leicester City are more likely to get relegated (14-1 odds) than to win the league title once again (33-1).
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Mourinho is also preparing for his first season at Manchester United, while Conte has arrived as Chelsea’s new manager, following the appointment of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
It’s fair to say Phelan has done his years as an understudy, so why shouldn’t he be given the job? Not now that players don’t get paid more in the Champions League as a rule.
I’d give it a 7/10.
“This is a good opportunity for him”.
However, I’d still like to see Saido Berahino come in, and perhaps another centre-back.
“He’s got a lot of experience working at Manchester United and he’s a number two so its ideal timing for him to go on his own, he’s always wanted to do it”. And I said, ‘Hey, I’m one, you are 25.
“It [the contract] is important because when we started last season, the project was to build something important”.
While it would be insensitive to the fans, I feel like giggling to see Jamie Vardy rejecting Arsenal.
Those positive vibes made a mockery of the lengthy odds last season, and Leicester ended up winning the league by 10 points, only losing three games along the way.
Claudio Ranieri insists Leicester City are again aiming for the 40-point mark in the Premier League, despite being the defending champions.
What a 2015/16!Leicester City Football Club won the title last season.
N’Golo Kante’s departure to Chelsea is the only significant loss to a group bolstered by the signings of Ahmed Musa, Nampalys Mendy, Ron-Robert Zieler, Luis Hernandez and Bartosz Kapustka.
Negredo for me is too static for the Premier League, maybe they can make him work off a striker. We want to stay strong, we know it will be more hard, because all the teams are awaiting us.
Many have wondered whether Leicester’s success will usher in a new era of ultra-competitiveness, where sound recruitment, astute management, a ferocious team spirit and a well-conceived and well-executed game plan can propel so-called smaller clubs to Premier League glory.
The pair butted heads a number of times while coaching Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, and Guardiola will be looking to revive the fortunes of a Manchester City side that underwhelmed last time out. With the experienced Victor Valdes in goal, Marten De Roon at defensive midfield, the promising Viktor Fischer out wide and the experienced Alvaro Negredo up front to add to a team that was very solid under manager Aitor Karanka, Boro look set to be safe.
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Jamie Vardy and Kasper Schmeichel have signed new contracts at the Foxes during the summer with Vardy rejecting a move to Arsenal in June after the Gunners triggered his release clause.
