After flying back to England on Monday night having had lunch in Italy with his 96-year-old mother, Ranieri said: “I’m so proud. At the beginning of the 2015-16 season, Leicester City were rated as 5,000-1 to win the Premier League title. It’s an amazing feeling and I’m so happy for everyone. They spent 140 days at the bottom of the table and looked set for an immediate return to the Championship until they won seven of their last nine matches under Nigel Pearson to climb clear of the bottom three. Spurs had to win at Stamford Bridge to extend the title race after Leicester’s point at Manchester United on Sunday. All rights reserved. I never expected this when I arrived.”. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. It is a narrative that belongs to a different era – Nottingham Forest, in 1978, were the last first-time winners – and means that Ranieri, at the age of 64, has finally won a major league. Tue 3 May 2016 07.59 BST First published on Mon 2 May 2016 21.55 BST. Now the man José Mourinho described in 2008 as having “the mentality of someone who doesn’t need to win” has a Premier League title on his CV. Written off as relegation candidates at the start of the season, when the bookmakers made Leicester 5,000-1 outsiders to be crowned champions, they secured the first top-flight title in the club’s history after Tottenham were unable to beat Chelsea on Monday night. They drew 2-2, handing Claudio Ranieri’s side the prize. Their captain, Wes Morgan, said: “It’s the best feeling of my career and I couldn’t be prouder that it’s as part of this team. Available for everyone, funded by readers. Leicester City have completed one of the most remarkable stories in the history of English football by winning the Premier League title. Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester in the East Midlands. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at the King Power Stadium. When Ranieri took over from Pearson in the summer his appointment was widely mocked. Tottenham draw at Chelsea to hand Leicester title, How Leicester City’s five-year fairytale unfolded, Fantastic Foxes have taught the Premier League elite a lesson, ‘Champions!’ Leicester City players celebrate Premier League win – video, They drew 2-2, handing Claudio Ranieri’s side the prize, were so nearly relegated from the Premier League. Instead, he quietly went about the job of transforming Leicester into title challengers, only admitting that they were in the race four matches before the end of the season. He finished second in the Premier League with Chelsea in 2004 and was twice a runner-up in Serie A, and once in Ligue 1. View Leicester City FC statistics from previous seasons, including league position and top goalscorer, on the official website of the Premier League. Ranieri mentioned only a few weeks ago that he was aware he had been installed as the favourite to be the first Premier League manager to be sacked yet, in keeping with his image, the Italian never returned fire on his critics. I’m happy for my players, for the chairman, for the staff at Leicester City, all our fans and the Leicester community. The Leicester players celebrated the greatest night of their footballing lives at Jamie Vardy’s house, in Melton Mowbray, where they gathered to watch the Spurs match. He changed their targets step by step, from getting to 40 points, qualifying for Europe and securing their place in the Champions League group stage, and now the final box – doing the unthinkable and winning the league – has been ticked off.
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