Claudio Ranieri

thumb|"Dilly-ding, dilly-dong" Claudio Ranieri (born born 20 October 1951) is a retired Italian professional football manager and former player who is the senior advisor of Serie A club Roma. As manager of Leicester City, he won the 2015–16 Premier League, a feat regarded as one of the greatest shocks in the history of sports. Quotes I told them, if you keep a clean sheet, I'll buy pizza for everybody. I think they're waiting for me to offer a hot dog too. I pay for pizza, you pay for the sausage. I am the sausageman. From the beginning when something was wrong I've been saying: 'Dilly-ding, dilly-dong, wake up, wake up!' So on Christmas Day I bought for all the players and all the staff a little bell. It was just a joke. (On Jamie Vardy) This is not a footballer. This is a fantastic horse. I say my team is like the RAF, it's fantastic - whoosh whoosh! - I love it. It's fantastic when you see before the match, an old lady with a Leicester shirt outside the stadium. I say: 'Unbelievable. They come from Leicester to support us.' This is my emotion Now we go straight away to try to win the title. We are in the Champions League, dilly ding, dilly dong - come on. We are in the Champions League, it is fantastic, terrific. Well done to everybody. It was important to keep it going until Christmas, as we are in the relegation battle. For this battle I need warriors, and they showed me what I wanted to see I could be (too loyal), could be. It is difficult when you achieve something so good, you want to give them one chance, two chances, three chances. Maybe now, it is too much. Claudio Ranieri's best quotes: From sausageman to dilly ding dilly dong, Sky Sports, 14 November 2018 External links Category:Living people Category:1951 births Category:Soccer players from Italy Category:Football (soccer) coaches Category:People from Rome