Having been written off and described with all kinds of superlatives by fans after languishing at the bottom of the log last season, the ‘Foxes’, as they’re known to their fans have done the unthinkable but certainly not the impossible.
The outsiders dubbed the ‘Foxes’ bounced back from near relegation last season to league champions in an achievement hailed as unprecedented.
“All this has been achieved by a team of cast-offs, misfits, and journeymen. No-one else wanted Leicester’s players; if they had these players would not have been at Leicester,” wrote Time magazine.
The Italian manager Claudio Ranieri, at helm and having been given no chance, it is reported the coach will now come up with his terms and conditions to his bosses, following this historical achievement, provided he’s going nowhere.
With a likely huge open chequebook next season, it will be seen if they could hold on to their in- demand Algerian star Riyad Mahrez (25) and current PFA Player of the Year, whose signature is been sought by top European sides.
With only two games left, its celebrations time for the champions Foxes.
Some questioned whether former England striker Gary Lineker, who played for Leicester and helped rescue the club from going out of business in 2002, would really present BBC football programme Match of the Day in his underpants – a rash promise he made earlier in the season should Leicester be crowned Premier League champions.
With all that done and dusted in the Barclays League, we await to see if Mamelodi Sundowns will do likewise by clinching the PSL silverware or Wits could do what Leicester did by pulling a surprise, interesting times indeed…
