“I am happy here and IÂ’m not thinking about a change”, he told Kicker.
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His thinking is by saving the legs of the likes of Jamie Vardy, Danny Drinkwater and N’Golo Kante throughout the week that they will have plenty left-over in the tank for the weekend games, and the Italian has been so far correct in his assumptions.
Last year, they (Leicester) avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth, and Ranieri has come in and given some organisational backbone to the squad. “We have this as a cushion and now we can push on”.Ranieri has previously stated his desire to retire at Leicester and now he wants a long-term contract.
The Foxes also won this fixture 2-1 last season and they have won 15 and lost only twoof their last 22 home league matches. We cannot control other things, we can fight and work hard.
“We are in the Champions League – at least, in the preliminary round of the Champions League”.
A place in next season’s Champions League is already guaranteed and his work has not gone unnoticed in his homeland with speculation he could replace Chelsea-bound Antonio Conte as the new Italy coach after Euro 2016.
“Everyone is watching them but I think their strength is the strength of the team”. I don’t think there is the music. “So, just wait to make the monument”.
“If we have to compare the budget of Leicester with the five or six top teams in the Premier League, of course it is different, but you know that all Premier League teams they have a very good pay, where they can hire great players and organise a really good team”. Christian Fuchs, at the beginning he didn’t play.
Spurs, meanwhile, face a trip to the Britannia to face Stoke City on Monday night, before hosting West Brom at White Hart Lane.
Claudio Ranieri says if one of the Manchester clubs were in Leicester City’s position, people would believe the title race to be “finished”.
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez, who took over last month, is still without a win. Neil Swarbrick will now oversee the game, with Friend refereeing Newcastle’s match with Manchester City on Tuesday.
West Ham equalised when Andy Carroll converted a penalty and went ahead through Aaron Cresswell four minutes from time before Ulloa saved the point.
He said: “Never we are anxious”. We have brilliant individuals, but there is no point having them if we are not going to play as a team. But it wasn’t our decision.
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Speaking about Wednesday’s disappointment the manager said at the pre-match press conference: “It was a huge disappointment because we wanted to go to Wembley and then go on and win the cup”.
