Ranieri managed to lead Lester to the championship, but the following season the team issued a series of unsuccessful matches and came close to the relegation zone, which cost the Italian.

"It was terrible. After the dismissal of Ranieri, everyone began to hate the players of Leicester. It was very difficult to perceive such players as I, who gave the club 10 years and always fully laid out on the field, "- admitted King The Telegraph.

"I then sent Claudio SMS to say:" Sorry, we could not do more on the field ". Ranieri answered me, thanking me for his devotion to ".

"We managed to fix everything with Sheiki (Craig Shakespeare - note. We finished 12th - it would be progress for the club, which spends only the third season in the Premier League, but how can we surpass what we achieved earlier? ".

Recall, Lester barely escaped from relegation in the season 2014/2015, and then won the Premier League 2015/2016.