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The Future of Football

You know the part in The Big Short where Michael Burry (Christian Bale) is sitting there at his desk, explaining to an irate investor that the housing market is guaranteed to crash, it’s just that no one knows it yet?

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Claudio Ranieri: Leicester City manager's inner steel

True to stereotype, the Italians are a superstitious bunch. We have driven an hour north of Rome to meet Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri’s brother Carlo and his son Giorgio. But as we get closer to Formello, suddenly our calls are not being answered.

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Claudio Ranieri: a gentle and principled man on the brink of immortality

Leicester City’s players were not the first to hear Claudio Ranieri ring his imaginary bell. Danny Drinkwater provoked much amusement among the British press corps last month, when he revealed the manager’s technique of saying “dilly-ding, dilly-dong” to restore focus whenever energy levels start to dip during training.

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