Claudio Ranieri: Leicester can keep dreaming after Premier League win
Sunday 8 May 2016 11:58, UK
Claudio Ranieri wants Leicester fans to keep dreaming of further success after lifting the Premier League trophy on Saturday.
The Foxes celebrated their title win in style, beating Everton 3-1 at the King Power Stadium thanks to two goals from Jamie Vardy and one from Andy King.
They will now finish the campaign at Chelsea before looking ahead to next season, when they will be aiming to defend their title while also playing in the Champions League.
"It will be a very different season," Ranieri told Sky Sports. "But the people are dreaming. Keep dreaming."
Leicester were confirmed as champions on Monday after Tottenham could only draw with Chelsea.
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And it was party time at the King Power on Saturday as the Foxes lifted the trophy and embarked on a lap of honour around the stadium. Afterwards, Ranieri paid tribute to the supporters and also the owners.
"The fans pushed us all season," he said. "I am very happy. It was an amazing moment to lift the trophy.
"I believe at the top it is important to have a very good owner, after that the players and manager, and I met fantastic people in the owners.
"At the start of the season the owner said it's very important to stay in the Premier League for the next two seasons and then to try and slowly grow. Now we are the champions."
The celebrations cap a remarkable season for the Foxes, who were nearly relegated from the top flight a year ago.
Asked when he started believing they could win the title, Ranieri said: "When we won at Manchester City [3-1 in February].
"But when we lost 2-1 at Arsenal I said to my Italian assistant we can do something, because if Arsenal suffer so much 11 against 10 [Danny Simpson was sent off] we can do something."
