Leicester City are not one of the well-known clubs around the world around 5 years ago, however the team that was quite recently a borderline non-league club, is now synonymous with being the definition of the soccer equivalent of an underdog. The club was deep in debt 10 years ago, and as a result of this, sold many of their okays and dropped down to the bottom league, the third division in English football. Following a new buyer of the club, their renovation began, and they began to play well again. Under the management of the Italian Claudio Ranieri, who had managed clubs like Chelsea and Monaco, they rose up the ranks eventually to reach the Premier League Elite. They had a mediocre first season in the Premier League, finishing 15th out of the 20 clubs, but tat was a finish that was to be expected due to the competitiveness of the league. Money was always an issue for teams like Leicester, considering that Manchester City at the time paid 75 million for Raheem Sterling, and the entirety of the Leicester squad cost around 33 million total. However the following season would be something that any soccer fan will never forget, because it showed that money does not mean that a team will be the best, and above all, you cannot buy the league. Going into the 2015/16 season, the odds of Leicester City winning the league were 5,000-1 the same odds of Elvis Presley being found alive that year. And they would go on to do just that, and it was something that completely shook the sporting world to the core. They upset countless top teams like Manchester city and Liverpool, and even had a player for the first time in Premier League history score 11 games in a row, and that player is Jamie Vardy. Along with Vardy, LCFC had player like Rihyad Mahrez, Wes Morgan, and Kasper Shmeichael, all of whom are now very well-known and high-quality players. Rihyad Mahrez was recently sold to Man City for 85 million, and he cost LCFC a mere 300,000 pounds. This sickle season changed every single players lives, and they would go on to play internationally and began to play in Europe as well. All in all, Leicester City had a year that will never be forgotten by the sports world.
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