Leicester City's 2015-2016 Premier League win is a story of underdogs achieving the impossible. Claudio Ranieri and his team recall the journey to the title. Claudio Ranieri, manager, I remember in January, February that season Riyad Mahrez asked: “What do you think we can achieve?” I laughed, but didn’t say anything. Riyad said: “You know, you know.” I am a very pragmatic man … I knew we could do something special, but not to win the Premier League. Now people everywhere recognise me – people from the US, Canada and Asia ask to take pictures: “Leicester! The legend!” Unbelievable. It was a story that was something special for the world. From the beginning of the season I told the players our goal was 40 points. The chairman, Vichai [Srivaddhanaprabha], told me it was important to stay up. When we got to 40 points, I said to the players: “Try to get into Europe because it would be a great experience.” When we qualified for the Europa League, I said: “OK, try for the Champions League.” When we achieved the Champions League, I said: “OK, this year or never again – this is our year,” and we went out to win the title. It is a miracle because we were a little team but the effort, the mentality, was strong. On the day Tottenham played at Chelsea [a game Spurs drew 2-2 when needing to win, giving Leicester the title] I flew to Rome to have lunch with my mother. My flight back was going to arrive back too late for the game but I thought the pilot would tell me the result. But when Vichai heard, he sorted another flight. I arrived at my house in Leicester in time for kick-off. Before Easter, Andrea Bocelli called: “I have to come to Leicester because you are doing something special.” “OK, I will put my secretary in touch with yours and you can choose the date to perform at the stadium.” The date he picked was the date we lifted the title, against Everton. Nobody imagined we would win the league when he selected the date, but he felt something. Now when I rewatch the footage of Andrea singing, it’s amazing, the people going crazy,so happy. It changed the lives of everybody. For my players, who can say: “I won the Premier League.” I’m a very shy man, I don’t say: “I won the title!” But I’m very proud, Leicester there is a big Indian community and some Indian people told me: “Thank you, Claudio, because now we link more with the Leicester people, the English people. When we go to the stadium, we push together.” And that is very, very special for me. It’s bigger than football. Christian Fuchs, defender, We didn’t feel any pressure – the people that expected it least were ourselves. We worked hard but we didn’t take ourselves too seriously and that was a big ingredient that helped the players be comfortable, happy and have fun. It also had a lot to do with the culture of the club. Vichai and Top [Aiyawatt] were owners that were touchable. They were around all the time, you talked to them, you would dance with them. It’s very important in Thailand’s traditions that everybody is together like a family. Everybody was just generally happy for each other to be successful. One of the biggest moments was when Vards scored in 11 successive Premier League games – everybody was just so happy for him to set the record. After our first clean sheet Claudio took us out for pizza as a reward – it ended more in a pizza fight than actually eating the pizza. But that also characterised the group – we were just some misfits that wanted to stir things up and have fun along the way. Our WhatsApp group chat is still alive and kicking – it is something that binds you. We did the unthinkable. Claudio was present