“Leicester City have won the Premier League”. I’ve never been able to embrace the nuances of the “beautiful” game that make it the most popular sport around the world.
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Chelsea had made clear before the match they wanted to end Tottenham’s Premier League title challenge and they succeeded as goals from Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard cancelled out earlier strikes from Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.
“I got emotional. It was hard to breathe”.
“I don’t think it’s a lesson”, Pellegrini said in Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
To ensure this season isn’t a one-off taste of glory at the highest level, Leicester will have to protect stars from 22-goal Vardy to winger Rayed Mahrez from the grasps of wealthier clubs.
“I have to say on his behalf that he has managed the club with his heart and he just hopes to gain a reputation for the country”. “We were scrapping to stay in the league last season and on Saturday we’ll be lifting the trophy”.
To put all that in context, the team which finishes bottom at the end of next season will earn £100 million, while the champions pick up £156 million.
“We don’t want to sell anybody”.
But the 64-year-old admitted he did not take anything for granted despite the Foxes’ commanding lead going into the final three games.
What a whinger fabregas was last night wish I was still playing would have loved to come up against him.
“(I needed) to distance myself”, he told Il Messaggero.
There were several other incidents of petulance during the game and matters came to a head again at the full-time whistle when a melee in the tunnel resulted in Chelsea’s interim manager Guus Hiddink being pushed to the ground. “I lost my title to Claudio Ranieri and it is with incredible emotion that I live this magic moment in his career”. I may not get soccer, but I know about winning when few expect you too.
We’ve been through a typical first 11 from this season to see how the players have been reacting to the win.
And why would they leave when Leicester, who had the Premier League’s third smallest wage bill two seasons ago, can easily afford to keep this squad together.
“So at this stage you wouldn’t think he would be moving on but in football, like we all know, anything can happen”.
“Leicester City competing in the Premier League is worth around £17m to the city in terms of fans’ spend and this will be boosted significantly next season when the club embarks on its first ever Champions League campaign”, he stated.
“That’s the fantastic thing about football”, Union midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta said.
In Pearson’s stead stepped Italian Claudio Ranieri – whose last job was failing to qualify Greece for the 2016 European Championship and who hadn’t coached in England in a decade. I even kind of part owned them for a while when they were in trouble. I’m happy for him, he’s never won this before.
“Sure it boiled over at times, but that’s because there was so much at stake”.
The Japanese striker always looks like he is having a great time on the pitch and on Monday night he was doing the same at Jamie Vardy’s party.
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“For a club like Leicester City, it is much more easy to buy players”, Van Gaal said last week, by way of an attempted explanation.
