LEGOLAND TO WONDERLAND
Ranieri’s so happy to be back in Premier League
“Poof,” he said. “Crazy, I know, but this game means so much to me.
“For me it’s important. I feel good when I stay on the pitch, when I speak with my players, when I am very hungry. That is my life. I started at 16 years old and all my life is this.
“A lot of you sometimes tell me, ‘It’s a lot of pressure, are you nervous?’
“When I’m without a job I’m very nervous, very, very under pressure.
“I don’t have a holiday. My wife told me, ‘Claudio, take a holiday, sooner or later you go back to your job’. But without a position I am anxious. When I’m working, I’m calm. “I have a garden. Here in London I go to the theatres, spend [time] with my wife, with my family. Two weeks ago I went to Lego Windsor with my little grandchild. But something was missing..” Ranieri had just finished his first press call as new Fulham manager, replacing Slavisa Jokanovic, the first player he signed when Chelsea manager. Fulham badly need the kind PAUL POGBA has been spotted with Lionel Messi in Dubai amid speculation over his Manchester United future. The Frenchman was not involved in his country’s UEFA Nations League defeat to Netherlands on Friday night due to injury. Pogba has been linked with Barcelona in recent months after his relationship with Jose Mourinho soured when he was stripped of the United vicecaptaincy. Barca are interested in the midfielder, although they would not be willing to go above £100million for him – with United looking for around double that. Pogba and Messi were seen in deep conversation at Salt Bae’s Turkish steak house. The Frenchman could return from injury for United against Crystal Palace after the international break. of miracles he achieved at Leicester as they sit at the bottom of the Premier League.
Ranieri, who lives in walking distance of Craven Cottage, is under no illusions, but is primed.
He added: “I’ve been here just two days, but all the people at the club are helping to make me feel at home. Now it’s important to give them my best and be safe at the end of the season. This is my goal.
“I don’t look behind me. I will give them everything. I hope they can realise their ambition, because I am an ambitious man.
“I need to see my players. I haven’t met them all yet but already I love them and I want them to bring their best.”