Ranieri warns United: I feel something good

“Both teams want to win it”. “But I was there for the first match at the new Wembley”, he said. “We know that very well but I want the maximum from everybody”.

Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri does not expect his side to suffer a sensational title collapse as former Premier League champions Chelsea did last season, and has told his players to improve on the superb performances that helped win them the top-flight crown in May.

A fleet of 19 BMW i8s – each worth around $135,000 – lined up outside Leicester’s stadium on Friday morning as a reward to the players for their Premier League-winning exploits last season.

That puts Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur ahead of them in terms of title favourites, but Ranieri says that he will be happy as long as he gets “100%” from his players again.

“We know very well we are the champions but we are the underdogs”.

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“When I build something, it is never destroyed”, said the experienced Italian manager.

“Slowly, we try to build the first floor and the second floor. My house is very clean and very clear”, Ranieri said. When is the Community Shield a friendly?

Leicester’s season will not be defined by the Community Shield, although its narrative could be set by events at Wembley. It is my job to make sure the players have the same hunger. “I have been runner-up, but now I have won a title, my career can start”. I never gave up, I always believed in myself and I think that if one man really wants to achieve, then a man can achieve. “But we can’t press for 90 minutes against United”, he said.