‘Bookmakers were offering 5,000-1 on us winning the title, and considered it more likely the Loch Ness Monster would appear or that Bono would be elected Pope’ Claudio Ranieri on how Leicester City achieved the impossible

Claudio Ranieri.

When Claudio Ranieri took over a Leicester City side that had just finished 14th in the Premier League in July 2015, most expected the Italian to be overseeing another battle against the drop.

This included the bookmakers, who grouped the Foxes in with the longest of longshots when it came to challenging for the title. What happened over the next nine months was one of football’s greatest fairytales.