Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has signed a three-year contract with Leicester City, replacing former boss Nigel Pearson who was sacked at the end of June. Ranieri returns to England after more than ten years, he left Chelsea back in 2004 and his last job was managing the Greece national team but he got sacked last year after a string of terrible results.
"Since I left Chelsea I have dreamt of another chance to work in the best league in the world again," Ranieri said. "I wish to thank the owner, his son and all the executives of the club for the opportunity they are giving me. Now I've only one way for returning their trust: squeeze all my energies to getting the best results for the team." The Italian manager joined Chelsea in September 2000 from Atletico Madrid and spent four years at Stamford Bridge. The Blues finished runners-up in the Premier League during his spell and reached the Champions League semi-finals.
He was replaced at Chelsea by current boss Jose Mourinho and after leaving England Ranieri managed Valencia, Parma, Juventus, Roma, Inter and Monaco. After the World Cup he took over as Greece head coach but got sacked just four months later after a shameful home defeat at the hands of the Faroe Islands. Nigel Pearson did save the Foxes from relegation last season but was sacked after his son was involved in a racist sex tape in the Leicester owners' homeland of Thailand.
Leicester City are 5.00 at Bet365 to finish inside the Premier League top half next season.
juventino 8 years ago
This is one very strange move for Leicester owners. They could have chosen a lot of managers that are way better than Ranieri. I am not sure that this is a good move for them. Nigel Pearson was awesome in last few months and he deserved a chance to manage team this season. We will see how successful Ranieri will be and...
This is one very strange move for Leicester owners. They could have chosen a lot of managers that are way better than Ranieri. I am not sure that this is a good move for them. Nigel Pearson was awesome in last few months and he deserved a chance to manage team this season. We will see how successful Ranieri will be and after that we can talk about him.
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
I am absolutely unsure about Claudio Ranieri.He managed many big teams ,but in last ten years he did not had any successes.He is most overrated manager in the world for me.I think that it would be much smarter for the bosses of the Leicester City to save Naigel Pearson.He had pretty good spell with them.
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sharpe
8 years ago
I think the Nigel Pierson's sacking was a huge mistake by the Thailand owners side. Now they give the job to Claudio Ranieri who no doubtfully is a good coach but will have to get use to the team first. He spent most of his career in teams with better squads than Leicester City and will be curios how Ranieri will manage...
I think the Nigel Pierson's sacking was a huge mistake by the Thailand owners side. Now they give the job to Claudio Ranieri who no doubtfully is a good coach but will have to get use to the team first. He spent most of his career in teams with better squads than Leicester City and will be curios how Ranieri will manage The Foxes. I think it will be a tough challenge for him.
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