Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has agreed a new deal at the Premier League champions, Press Association Sport understands.
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Other people also extending their contracts at Leicester include Kasper Schmeichel, Wes Morgan and Jamie Vardy.
A busy off-season, with two of the biggest global 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).
Leicester have spent a bit of Premier League winners’ cash on new players in the summer, namely Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow and Ron-Robert Zieler from Hannover.
If Leicester can match last season’s level of play, they are more than capable of winning a lot of games.
Here are my predictions for the first weekend of the 2016/17 Premier League season, my last post shows my predictions for the final standings with reasons for those positions. Of course also you need to be a little lucky but to be a little lucky you must also be strong – stronger than the match against United.
“Forty points [is the target]”, he told the media after his team were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United in the Community Shield.
North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur saw their seasons fizzle out past year, and defensive issues have raised some doubts about the credentials of the former, at least initially. “If you give everything and don’t achieve then you must work harder”.
Fatigue is certainly likely to be more of a factor for Leicester this term than it was last season, as the team that had the third-lowest rate of possession (42.3 per cent) in last season’s Premier League may find themselves having even less of the ball, and thus chasing even harder, on the continent.
Claudio Ranieri has reiterated his mantra that securing 40 points first and foremost is Leicester’s aim once again this season.
Eight teams start the season with new managers – none more high-profile than Guardiola, who makes his debut in the English game as a player or coach. A key to the Foxes’ late title push was the lack of fixture congestion title rivals Tottenham faced courtesy of the Europa League.
Maybe we were naive before, believing that playing in the Champions League was really what mattered.
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Hull City v Leicester City- Saturday-12:30PM- Sky Sports 1: Hull 0-1 Leicester, I can see the champions Leicester starting this season as they finished last season.
