It was a historic season for the Foxes last time out as they remarkably won the title – how will Claudio Ranieri’s side fare as they look to defend their crown in the new campaign?
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But Ranieri, who signed a new contract until 2020 on Wednesday, has already dismissed their chances of retaining the title and believes extraterrestrials arriving in the capital is more likely. “It is easier for ET to come to Piccadilly Circus!”
“I say to my fans we want to be safe, to build a team, anything more and that’s fantastic”. It’s not normal that we can win the league.
“Maybe the reason for that is I would kill him”.
“It is more hard than last season”.
Mahrez has also been linked with Chelsea and Barcelona but Leicester have previously indicated that it would take a bid well in excess of £50 million to persuade them to sell.
“They lost one season and in the life of those big teams that can happen, but altogether it only happens once in a lifetime”.
“I am very curious, all the world is curious, what happen with Leicester”.
‘I am very curious to see where we finish, ‘ he said.
“The big teams are ready to fight for the title and we are ready to defend our title”, he said. Again, this is something that the English press will be used to with Ranieri as he always makes sure to show the other team respect. “Arsenal? No. Riyad will stay with us”.
Leicester also added Nigeria worldwide Ahmed Musa, who scored 15 goals in all competitions for CSKA Moscow last season and showed plenty of pace in his appearance off the bench in Sunday’s 2-1 loss to FA Cup winners Manchester United at Wembley Stadium and scored twice in the loss to Barcelona.
“Tell me if there is one [offer of interest]”.
“Riyad will stay with us. I say to him “keep going, you have to improve your experience”. “It is important to be focused in your job”.
Ultimately, Ranieri added speculation and current interest in the Algerian global is merely the nature of football and form.
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Hull City caretaker boss Mike Phelan is braced to have just 13 senior players available for tomorrow’s curtain-raiser against Leicester City at the KCOM Stadium. He is the winger and if no one passes to the wingers, I can pass the ball from the bench. In the training sessions he is the same. “Forty points is the target, and then we will see how many months less to the end of the season”.
