He was with me for two hours, then said the President of his team had organised a plane to take him back to England.
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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri insists he will snub big-name signings despite winning the Premier League.
Everton have endured a disappointing final few months of the season, prompting supporter protest against Martinez in recent matches against Watford and last week’s win over AFC Bournemouth.
“They are a team of misfits, cast-offs and no-name players that don’t think they’re s*** hot like the big name players do”.
Okazaki attributed the remarkable campaign under Claudio Ranieri to the humility and attitude of the players, none of whom were big stars going into the season – though that has certainly changed.
He said: “I was so satisfied when we won at Manchester City (3-1 in February)”.
“Now I win the Premier League with Leicester, with these fantastic lads”. You see (in January) we bought Demarai Gray, we bought Daniel Amartey. He’s shown great experience in protecting the squad and what they’ve achieved is an incredible and deserved reward in the most competitive league in world football.
“It is much better to stay here for one year more and see what happens. In the family we are all Giallorossi fans, so when Claudio was there we were also guests at Trigoria [the training ground]”, she added. I don’t know if he remembers. Odds of 1-7 on Norwich to be relegated underlines what a tough ask usurping Sunderland and Newcastle will be, with Saturday’s early clash with Champions League-chasing Manchester United crucial to their faint survival hopes.
Okazaki watched the Tottenham game at teammate Jamie Vardy’s home with the rest of the Leicester players.
Everton will form a guard of honour for the champions when they receive the trophy at the King Power stadium on Saturday.
In Ranieri, Leicester have a calm head on very experienced shoulders and their first priority will be to keep hold of him.
“The world turned their attention to us, watching us”.
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Leicester spent roughly £27 million in transfer fees this season while taking in about £7 million in player sales. “It was a long night celebrating and I am feeling a bit drained at the moment”, he told Sky Sports. “In a 90-minute game where the stadium is going to be an historic environment, I’m sure that can only be positive for the home team”, said the Spaniard. “We’ll congratulate them and from that point on we’ll focus on trying to perform against them”.
