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Claudio Ranieri thanks Guus Hiddink and Chelsea in emotional phone call

Claudio Ranieri made an emotional phone call to Guus Hiddink to thank Chelsea for handing Leicester City the title, after a tumultuous night when the Italian’s name was sung loud at Stamford Bridge. Ranieri, who managed Chelsea before Jose Mourinho was first appointed manager in 2004, telephoned Hiddink after flying back from Italy where he had been lunching with his 96-year-old mother.

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How Claudio Ranieri, pizza and 'Dilly Dong' put Leicester on road to glory

It is quite a small room: plain white walls, two three-seater sofas, a couple of pot-plants. If it were not for the black-and-white pictures of 19 Premier League managers hung on the walls, it could be a humdrum suite in a mid-ranking business hotel.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/02/how-claudio-ranieri-pizza-and-dilly-dong-put-leicester-on-road-t/

Leicester's Claudio Ranieri proves nice guys do not always come second

“Claudio Ranieri? Really?” As much of the planet now knows, with the world’s media descending on Leicester, that was how Gary Lineker last summer received the news that the veteran Italian had been appointed to take charge of a side that narrowly escaped relegation the previous season.

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