A huge coup for the club, the winger signed on an undisclosed fee (believed to be around £8 million), and averaging a goal every three games over the last five years, Leicester 3-5-2 formation they have used most often during pre-season could be at threat.
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Leicester City ramped up their recruitment this week, with Atalanta centre-back Yohan Benalouane joining fellow new arrival N’Golo Kante at the King Power Stadium. The Premier League is very hard, we are a little team but we want to be bigger. Having finished fifth under Roberto Martinez in his first season in charge, last season saw the normally consistent Toffees fall foul of the rigors of Europa League football.
“I wanted to replace one with Kante, and another I am still waiting for”, the 63-year-old said.
Claudio Ranieri hopes the heroics of 2014-15 will not be required again as last season’s Premier League escape artists, Leicester City and Sunderland, prepare to meet on the opening day.
Leicester’s new boss says the 28-year-old’s fairytale story is an example to all. Don’t bet on Leicester to finish above mid-table, but don’t bet on their relegation, either.
There were no goals in both meetings last season and Sky Bet offer 8/1 for a third successive goalless draw, while any draw is available at 12/5.
The pair joined this week and the Italian needs to check if they are up to speed ahead of the start of the Barclays Premier League season.
But Esteban Cambiasso turned us down and our policy seemed to change to looking at other teams targets and trying to jump on their bandwagon at the last minute.
” Claudio Ranieri steps in to his shoes”.
The former Chelsea manager has been out of work since being dismissed from the Greece national side after an embarrassing qualifying loss at home to the Faroe Islands. If they are still within reach of the top four after that, they have a good chance of ousting one of the Manchester clubs. For me and for everyone, he is a very big manager.
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As for the fans more specifically, he was also quick to point out that everything the club do should be with a mind to entertaining and making the fans proud because as long as they do that, then the fans will drive the players on even more.
