|
|
Claudio Ranieri - The man who won us The Premier League
|
|
|
|
WHAT 'LEICESTER TILL I DIE' SAID ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF CLAUDIO RANIERI
METRO 09.07.2015 Claudio Ranieri would be the perfect manager for Leicester City So the original tinker man, Claudio Ranieri, wants a return to The Premier League, and he wants to come to Leicester City. It makes a welcome change. A manager who actually wants to come to Leicester. Everyday the latest odds on who will be the next Leicester Manager changes. ‘ODDS SLASHED’ on whoever is flavour of the day. Its like walking into DFS where you know every sofa has been reduced, so it is with the candidates odds for the Leicester manager’s job. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise when the latest candidate had his odds slashed, but like I said the surprise was that he stated he would be interested in talking to Leicester. Jurgan Klopp, Sam Allardyce and Guss Hiddink have all ruled themselves out of the running, whether that be for real or to negotiate a better deal who knows, but here is a guy who is actually interested in managing us. Granted he had last managed Greece before getting sacked late last year, but he does not want to retire or take an extended break, but hey we’ll take anything at the moment. But would Ranieri but a good fit for City? Well he has experience, lots of it, 14 club teams and one international in 28 years. So he doesn’t actually hang about anywhere which could be worrying. But look at the clubs he has managed, including Napoli, Valencia, Athletico Madrid, Juventus, Monaco and even four years at Chelsea in the Premier League. So you can’t say he hasn’t managed top teams in some of the top leagues in Europe. His spell as an International manager at Greece was short lived but his league experience is impressive. Having managed 943 games in total,he has won 433 of these giving him a win ratio of nearly 46 per cent – not bad. As a manager he has won Leagues in Italy and France as well as cups in Italy, Spain and France even winning the Uefa Super Cup in 2004 with Valencia. Whilst at Chelsea in the Premier League, pre Abramovich, he lost an FA Cup Final to Arsenal but the following season took them to Champions League qualification. After the Russian took over and with a large transfer kitty he took them to second in the league, their best finish for 49 years only losing the title to Arsenal’s Invincibles who finished the season unbeaten. His habit of constant team rotation earned him the nickname of The Tinker Man, a mantle some would say Pearson took over last season. So could Ranieri be the man Leicester are looking for? Well in sacking Nigel Pearson after the Great Escape of last season they have to go for a ‘big name’ in my opinion. Ranieri, I believe, fits that bill and with his experience City could do a lot worse. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ranieri reacts to messages from fans |
Ranieri Soaked In By Leicester Players |
Funny Ranieri Press Conference Moments |
Claudio Ranieri - 2016 Coach of the Year |
|
Claudio Ranieri is one of only eight managers to win the English Premier League.
From September 2000 to June 2004, Ranieri managed Chelsea and guided them to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals and an FA Cup Final in his spell at Stamford Bridge. Prior to becoming head coach at Chelsea, the Italian managed Cagliari to successive promotions, reaching Serie A in 1989/90 before taking charge of Napoli the following season. Ranieri dropped back to Serie B to take charge of Fiorentina and immediately guided the Viola to top-flight Italian football and the Florence side picked up the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italia by the time he left in 1997. The Italian moved to Spain where he won the UEFA Intertoto Cup and Copa del Rey with Valencia in 1998/99, before Ranieri briefly took charge of Atletico Madrid, but he left before the end of the 1999/00 season. Ranieri would not win another trophy until the UEFA Super Cup in 2004 during his second stint at Valencia, which followed four seasons in the Premier League with Chelsea. Spells in Italy with Parma, Juventus, Roma and Inter Milan preceded success in France with Monaco. After winning Ligue 2 as manager of Monaco in 2012/13, Ranieri then guided the club to second in Ligue 1 in the next campaign. A short spell as Greece's national manager ended in November 2014, but it was not long before the Roma-born coach returned to management when he was announced as Leicester City manager ahead of the 2015/16 season. In his first season as the Foxes' manager, he guided the pre-season relegation candidates to their first Premier League trophy - winning the Manager of the Year accolade. Ranieri has won the Manager of the Month award five times, including three in his title-winning campaign. Despite taking Leicester through to the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League as group winners in their first foray in the competition he parted company with the club in February 2017 after five Premier League victories all season left the Foxes a place and a point above the relegation zone. The Italian would return to management ahead of the 2017/18 season with French side Nantes, but left the club at the end of the season. In November 2018, Ranieri was announced as Slavisa Jokanovic's replacement at Fulham, however his time at Craven Cottage ended on 28 February 2019 with the club 19th in the table. courtesy Premier League |
LMA INDUCTS SIX MANAGERS INTO LMA 1000 CLUB AND HALL OF FAME
The League Managers Association tonight hosted the LMA President’s Dinner 2017, with England Manager and LMA President Gareth Southgate, at The Dorchester in London.
The event brought together 350 esteemed guests to induct six exceptional managers into the LMA’s Hall of Fame - 1000 Club as well as to raise funds for the LMA's charity In The Game.
LMA members Carlo Ancelotti, Tony Pulis, Claudio Ranieri and John Toshack MBE were formally inducted during the evening, whilst Rafa Benitez and Sven-Göran Eriksson, who were both unable to attend due to football commitments, were inducted in absentia.
Gareth Southgate and LMA Hall of Fame member Sir Alex Ferguson presented the new 1000 Club members with trophies hand-crafted by Thomas Lyte, appointed Goldsmiths and Silversmiths to Her Majesty The Queen.
On the career achievements of the guests of honour, Gareth Southgate said: “It was a privilege to be able to welcome these highly respected managers, their families and friends to the LMA President’s Dinner tonight and recognise their remarkable accomplishments in football.
“The significance of reaching 1000 games in football management at the elite level cannot be understated and it is clear that their dedication to the profession has enabled them all to be successful in many different ways. They are an example for all young managers, demonstrating what can be achieved in the game through hard work and dedication."
Fellow LMA 1000 Club and LMA Hall of Fame member Sir Alex Ferguson said: “Congratulations to Carlo, Rafa, Sven, Tony, Claudio and John on surpassing this extraordinary milestone in football management. They join a select group of 24 managers, some of the most decorated and experienced individuals in the game, in a very special club.
“It takes decades of sacrifice, resilience and talent to build such marvellous careers in the game and each of these managers has experienced every emotion and every challenge that comes with the job, and achieved a great deal.
“I’m delighted to welcome them into the LMA 1000 Club and wish them all further success in their managerial careers.”
LMA
The event brought together 350 esteemed guests to induct six exceptional managers into the LMA’s Hall of Fame - 1000 Club as well as to raise funds for the LMA's charity In The Game.
LMA members Carlo Ancelotti, Tony Pulis, Claudio Ranieri and John Toshack MBE were formally inducted during the evening, whilst Rafa Benitez and Sven-Göran Eriksson, who were both unable to attend due to football commitments, were inducted in absentia.
Gareth Southgate and LMA Hall of Fame member Sir Alex Ferguson presented the new 1000 Club members with trophies hand-crafted by Thomas Lyte, appointed Goldsmiths and Silversmiths to Her Majesty The Queen.
On the career achievements of the guests of honour, Gareth Southgate said: “It was a privilege to be able to welcome these highly respected managers, their families and friends to the LMA President’s Dinner tonight and recognise their remarkable accomplishments in football.
“The significance of reaching 1000 games in football management at the elite level cannot be understated and it is clear that their dedication to the profession has enabled them all to be successful in many different ways. They are an example for all young managers, demonstrating what can be achieved in the game through hard work and dedication."
Fellow LMA 1000 Club and LMA Hall of Fame member Sir Alex Ferguson said: “Congratulations to Carlo, Rafa, Sven, Tony, Claudio and John on surpassing this extraordinary milestone in football management. They join a select group of 24 managers, some of the most decorated and experienced individuals in the game, in a very special club.
“It takes decades of sacrifice, resilience and talent to build such marvellous careers in the game and each of these managers has experienced every emotion and every challenge that comes with the job, and achieved a great deal.
“I’m delighted to welcome them into the LMA 1000 Club and wish them all further success in their managerial careers.”
LMA
|
|
|
