{"id":237274,"date":"2016-08-07T07:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T07:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=237274"},"modified":"2016-08-07T07:45:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T07:45:02","slug":"ive-forgotten-about-epl-title-leicester-manager-ranieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=237274","title":{"rendered":"I’ve forgotten about EPL title – Leicester manager Ranieri"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claudio Ranieri says he has forgotten about Leicester City’s Premier League title win as they prepare to open their new campaign on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Last season’s league champions will meet FA Cup winners Manchester United in the Community Shield at Wembley.<\/p>\n

New United manager Jose Mourinho says the trophy will “have meaning” for those of his players who were part of the FA Cup-winning side last season.<\/p>\n

“We’re ambitious but know it will be very hard,” added Foxes boss Ranieri.<\/p>\n

“I forgot what happened last season. Now my focus is on the new season.”<\/p>\n

Leicester have won the traditional season-opener just once, beating Liverpool in 1971, when they were invited to take part as second-tier champions after double winners Arsenal pulled out.<\/p>\n

Ranieri says he has a full strength squad to choose from, with forward Jamie Vardy back in training after featuring for England at Euro 2016.<\/p>\n

“All managers and players want to play at Wembley Stadium. It’s one of the most famous stadiums in the world,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This is not a friendly. We will give the maximum and also Manchester United will too. Both teams want to win it.”<\/p>\n

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Mourinho, who replaced Louis van Gaal in the week following United’s FA Cup win against Crystal Palace in May, has been left frustrated by his side’s pre-season.<\/p>\n

A game against Manchester City in China, scheduled for 25 July, was called off after heavy rain ruined the pitch.<\/p>\n

“The week of no work in China was really bad for us,” said Mourinho. “So we need to train, we need to play, we need minutes for the players.<\/p>\n

“Now we have no chance to train against other teams. We have Leicester before the Premier League and it is not a training session – it is a game.<\/p>\n

“We have to face it as a game. We have the chance to give minutes to some people. Some who I know cannot play for 90 minutes, but of course we are going to try to win it.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC SPort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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