Claudio Ranieri is still struggling to comprehend how he managed to transform Leicester City F.C. from 5,000-1 outsiders to English Premier League champions.
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“We’ve had our peaks before”.
“But this is a moment you have to leave a little more (time) for and taste slowly like a good wine”.
“It is good because last time I left the Premier League (in 2004) I went through my players and they made the guard of honour”.
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri’s thoughts have already turned to keeping his title-winning squad together next season, with the Italian warning potential suitors they will have to pay over the odds to lure away any of his shining lights.
Just a year ago, a Leicester victory seemed like an improbability, with the team ending in 14th place in the coveted United Kingdom soccer league. “I can’t think of anything that surpasses it in sporting history”, said the former England striker.
“I started crying at the end of game”, his mother said of Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham.
“I first started thinking we could qualify for the Champions League when we were still top at Christmas, then carried on picking up points in January”.
While ex-Blues boss Ranieri headed for the King Power Stadium, Hiddink opted to continue his break from management having been sacked as Netherlands coach in June.
Mr Wright, who like Mr Baldock lives in Thurrock and is based in east London, said of Leicester’s fairytale triumph: “Everyone loves an underdog so it was nice to see them win”.
“I couldn’t tell you what happened”.
The modest Thai-owned club are England’s first new title-winners since Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest side of 1978 and their surge to glory in the world’s most-watched football championship has won them admirers across the globe.
He said: “I’ m so proud”.
It’s been a few days, but Leicester City’s historic Premier League win still hasn’t sunk in..
“But it’s a fantastic story, and I think the only people who aren’t happy about it are the bookies’ accountants”, he added. I just wanted to win match after match and help my players to improve week after week.
“I have three years”, he said.
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“If we kept losing, even to a club like Chelsea there could have been big problems – just like nobody expected Leicester to became champions, that could have happened”.
