A year on from the appointment of
Claudio Ranieri, Jordan Halford looks at what the next 12 months has in store.
Claudio Ranieri marks 12 astonishing months
as Leicester manager... but what does the future hold?
There's a well-known proverb in Italy
that says, 'Sposa bagnata, sposa fortunata' which means that rain on your
wedding day brings good luck. While the weather in Leicester on July 13 2015
remains a distant memory, it would have been safe to assume that the heavens
opened over the King Power Stadium when Claudio Ranieri turned up to take
charge.
Despite initial success winning
Italy's third tier and subsequently winning promotion to Serie A with Cagliari
in 1988/89, coupled with a Serie B title in 1993/94 and the Coppa Italia two
seasons later with Fiorentina, the 64-year-old's career had largely been a
catalogue of misfortune and near-misses.
The most trending topic on the
Internet in the world of football has been the extraordinary form of Leicester
City in winning the English Premier League. Leicester City's performance this
season has garnered attention from the legends of world football and has earned
them plaudits from people around the world .
Leicester came out of nowhere to
challenge top clubs like Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal
and Liverpool and are currently leading the EPL with Tottenham Hotspurs trailing
them in the second position.
Leicester had started this season as
a 5000/1 outsiders with no belief that they would be able to reach this far.
Last year at the same stage they were battling relegation and 365 days later
there is a complete turnaround in the club’s fortunes.
Here in this article I discuss some
of the reasons why Leicester City must have managed such a drastic turnaround
within a short span of 12 months.
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