Leicester's 2015-16 Premier League title was eight years ago, and when you think back, it seems like a dream come true. It's hard to believe that a team like Leicester could win the Premier League title without first-hand experience.

They didn't even win the title that year. At the end of the season, they won the title by 10 points over second-placed Arsenal and 11 points over third-placed Tottenham. Manchester City were in fourth place, while Manchester United were in fifth. Liverpool were in eighth. Newcastle, who were relegated, were relegated. Nottingham Forest, who were currently at the top of the table, had yet to be promoted. When you think about it, the Premier League has changed a lot over time.

At that time, Arsenal were still under Arsene Wenger and Tottenham were under Pochettino. Manchester City were under Pellegrini and United were under Van Gaal. Liverpool had Rodgers until October and then Jurgen Klopp. It was a difficult season for Klopp. At that time, it was Ranieri who led Leicester to the Premier League title.

Leicester actually had a really good squad. But at that time, people didn’t notice. They usually only cared about the big teams. And Leicester only got promoted in 2013-14 and finished 14th in 2014-15. Who would have cared?

The Leicester squad had goalkeepers like Kasper Schmeichel and Schwarzer, as well as Drent Waters, O’Brighton, Kante, Demarai Gray, Mahrez and Jamie Vardy. Kante, Demarai Gray, Amate, Gökçen Inler was brought in that year. If you compare their squad to the other big teams, it's hard to say that they have a squad that can win the championship. But if you consider what Jamie Vardy has become, what Mahrez has done, what Kante is like, it's a classy squad. At the time, no one, including me, would have thought so.

The coach Ranieri is definitely one of those who didn't think so. He certainly didn't think we would win the Premier League this season. It all started with Vardy's brilliant goals and the winning streak in the opening season. However, fans were used to seeing teams like this at the start of the season and thought that in time they would fall. Ranieri himself had only half the season to think that his team would get as many points as they could and finish high.

Another thing is that Pellegrini's Manchester City were struggling, Van Gaal and United were also understaffed, and Chelsea were also in a season where Mourinho failed to make a comeback and Hiddink took over in December, but it was not a good season. At that time, Tottenham were rising thanks to Harry Kane's goals and a good team, and Arsenal were going up and down. So Ranieri saw his chance halfway through the season and took the best chance when the other big teams were still down. The last time anyone did that was Blackburn under Kenny Dalglish in 1994-95. Alan Shearer, Tim Shearwood, Graeme Lee South, Chris Setton, and Jason Wilcox, who is now United's technical director.

Ranieri may not be recognized as a top manager, but his experience is truly vast. If you were to list the teams he has managed, it would be longer than the list of players on a football team. He has been to big leagues, During that time, they even beat Valencia twice.

With this experience and the opportunity he had to give Leicester, he surprised the world with his excellent performance and in 2017 he left the club and took over Nantes, Fulham, Roma, Sampdoria, Watford, Cagliari and is now in his third spell as Roma manager. The Italian has not stopped at the age of 73. His performance with Leicester will remain in the Premier League record books.

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