Totally Extra: When Leicester were kings of England
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Leicester City 2015-16 title
When they the way even the bookmakers thought it was ridiculous to put odds of 5,000 to 1 on that happening because it just wasn't supposed to be. You'll never get those odds ever again from a bookmaker; they've been burnt.
If you convert all seasons to three points for a win just to make it fair, Leicester in 2015-16 are the only occasion in top-flight history of a team improving their points per game by over one from one season to the next.
I don't think there will ever be another Leicester City. There's something quite fascinating about that little corner of the East Midlands; the ley lines that run through that bit of the country do have some pretty checkered power.
Financial regulation (PSR)
Their revenues just couldn't keep up with their expenditure. And that's why they got themselves into problems with PSR that they couldn't dig themselves out of because they couldn't move these players on.
Transfer rumors
Jamie Vardy came very close to joining Arsenal. They did offer him a huge amount of money, but he just made the decision that he didn't want to go. He didn't want to leave the group.
Leicester City 2015-16 squad
If you look at that squad, the remarkable thing about it is that all of them had something to prove. All of them had been rejected by other clubs. That squad was put together on peanuts.
Tactical analysis
I think an underrated element of Ranieri's arrival was the link-up with the Mapai Centre in Italy. I think Leicester's fitness was particularly impressive that season. They made the second fewest line-up changes of any team to win the Premier League.
Managerial tactics
I think Claudio tried to change them a little bit that summer. He was trying to get them to press high whereas before they used to sit deep and he was trying to get them this coordinated press and it just didn't suit some of the players.
Leicester City 2015-16 title race
I remember when we beat Man City away my dad was absolutely delirious and he kept saying we're going to win it, we're going to win it. And I was reminding him how long there is left.
Leicester City post-title era
I think the club themselves almost had a bit of an identity crisis for a long time. It's like, what do I do now? I've done something that we never thought we'd do.
