Rome city council is to honour
former Leicester City boss and Rome native Claudio Ranieri for
leading the 5,000-to-1 outsiders to the Premier League title in
one of sport's ultimate underdogs' fairytales, sports chief
Daniele Frongia said Wednesday.
Speaking on behalf of Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi, Frongia said
Ranieri, "a Roman born and bred between San Saba and Testaccio",
had "rewritten the history of a club that thrilled and made
proud English fans, Italian fans, Roman fans and fans around the
world".
With City struggling just above the drop zone this year,
Ranieri was recently sacked by Leicester's Thai owners in a move
that caused dismay across the soccer world.
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