Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said it was an “amazing feeling” to have won the club’s first top-flight title. The Foxes were crowned Premier League champions on Monday, when second-placed Tottenham drew 2-2 at Chelsea. Ranieri, said: “I’m so proud. “The players have been fantastic. Their focus, their determination, their spirit has made this possible.” […]
via It’s An Amazing Feeling To Win The Premier League Title- Leicester Manager Ranieri — newfanzoneblog
Leicester midfielder N’Golo Kanté will miss this week’s matches against West Bromwich Albion and Watford with a
hamstring injury, according to his manager Claudio Ranieri.
Kanté was substituted after 70 minutes of Saturday’s win over Norwich City. “We lose him for the next two matches,” Ranieri said.
“I hope only two. It’s a little painful, he suffered during all of the season and now we want to give him some rest. Two matches and he can restart.”
“All the season he had a problem with the other leg and now this time the new leg. Maybe he made a compensation and
charged too much on the other leg.”
Andy King is likely to replace Kanté alongside Danny Drinkwater in midfield, and Ranieri was impressed with 27-year-old’s substitute appearance against Norwich.
“We put King on and he plays very well with Drinkwater, i’m very confident in him.” Ranieri said
The 24-year-old midfielder who joined the club in the summer from French side Caen, has played in every league game so far this season.
This Writer has observed that Jose Mourinho has never exceeded The 3 year Barrier throughout his managerial Career: below is a list of clubs previously managed by the Portuguese Gaffer and this supports the line of reasoning that Jose Mourinho has got a 3 year “Shelf Life” as manager.
2000 Benfica
2001–2002 União de Leiria
2002–2004 Porto
2004–2007 Chelsea
2008–2010 Inter Milan
2010–2013 Real Madrid
2013–2015 Chelsea
Mourinho’s second coming to Stamford Bridge was supposed to be for a very long time according to Jose Mourinho himself when he penned an initial four-year deal, he was quoted as saying he would like to be at Chelsea for a very long time.
But unlike other Illustrious Coaches who have achieved the same kind of success like Mourinho, the “Special one” just can’t exceed the “3 year Curse” no matter what he does.
This Writer Also Believes that Jose’s Style of Management is largely to blame for this “three-year Curse”. Mourinho is not afraid to take on anyone from fellow managers to the media and in some cases administrators, and yes some of his utterances might come across as brash sometimes but Jose Mourinho was a delight to the media who would latch-on to every word he spoke.
He would at times adopt a “take no prisoners” approach during his Post match comments and even pre match interviews would sometimes come across as controversial.
Mourinho would also take on his players publicly in what some would consider as bizarre, yes Mourinho was truly outspoken
This as also put him on the wrong side of the FA a couple of times, but love him or hate him, Jose Mourinho his a coached that has achieved so much success in a very short time, and he still has so much to offer.
Ironically the longest-serving coach in the history of the English Premier League Sir Alex Ferguson only last week advised that the Chelsea Management allow Mourinho to turn things around.
This advise must have fallen on “deaf ears” though, has the Club today put out a statement on its website stating that “Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have today parted company by mutual consent”
The Club Thanked him for his contribution to the Club ” All at Chelsea thank Jose for his immense contribution since he returned as manager in the summer of 2013.
The statement also listed as his achievement with the club “His three league titles, FA Cup, Community Shield and three League Cup wins over two spells make him the most successful manager in our 110-year history”
The Blues have had a torrid time in the league this season which as seen them loose 9 games from 16 games played with 4 of those defeats coming at home.
The English Champions have gone from Top to bottom in an almost inexplicable manner which had led the self-styled “Special One” to confess that he was astonished at the teams current situation.
Mourinho had even gone as far as condemning his players on more than one occasion, and this did not in any way improve the fortunes of the team.
Back to back loses against teams that Chelsea would have crushed on the pitch normally i.e Bournemouth and Leicester definitely proved that this were not normal times, the last defeat by Table Toppers Leicester changed the question from if Mourinho will get the sack to when he would be sacked.
While the Sword had been dangling over Jose Mourinho’s head for months now, its however some sort of poetic justice that his chelsea team lost to the man who Mourinho Replaced after he got sacked by Chelsea that’s talking about current Leicester coach Claudio Ranieri in 2004.
Mourinho’s Bust up and eventual falling out with Club Physio Eva Canero had many tongues wagging and His failure to beef up his team are some of the factors that may have played a part in how Chelsea Season turned out.
But while the Champions Of England Struggled in the domestic league the reverse was the case on the continent as they made it into the round of sixteen.
In Conclusion Jose Mourinho is yet to exceed 3 years as the manager of any club, but that has not in any way taken away the fact that he has won so many laurels in his seeming short spells at some of the biggest clubs in some of the top leagues in Europe this however falls short of his own target of staying long at a club.
Manchester United’s Former Manager and arguably One of Great Britain’s biggest football managers ever Sir Alex Ferguson thrown his weight behind League Leaders Leicester City bid to win the Barclays English Premiership.
Sir Alex has compared the current League Leaders with the United side he led to their first league title in years.
Ferguson believes that Leicester manager Claudio Rannieri must strengthen his squad when the January Transfer window opens.
“If I were him (Ranieri) I’d want an investment in January because this is a big opportunity. They could win the league, the way they are playing at the moment, and they have goals in their team he said.
Leicester have been very shrewd in the market, with players like Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez virtually unknown until a few months ago.
The Former Man Utd Manager praised Vardy for his display so far saying “He is aggressive, he is quick, he has got energy and he has got a goal in him. He has proved that. He has got assets suited to modern-day football, particularly at a club like Leicester City”.
Leicester City are owned by Thai Billionaire Vishai Srivaddhanaprabha and ferguson believes that the club must splash the cash in other to strengthen their team for the long race towards maintaining their position at the top of the league till the end of the season.
Leicester City currently top the log, followed by Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United.
newfanzone 