Italian - Coach | October 20, 1951 -
When we won the title, I received gifts and cards, bottles of wine, and Champagne. When I was sacked, my house was full.
Claudio Ranieri
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I won the most important league in Europe, I think - not just Europe but the world - the Premier League.
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I love the English spirit because when I was a player, I was an Englishman: I was fighting, and you had to kill me if you wanted to win.
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My wife is the expert, but I like art particularly. I like Van Gogh.
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Rebuilding has always been one of my specialities from the time I started with young players at Cagliari.
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I do not have much time for relaxation, but when I can, I like to read.
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I hear what they're saying. I ask my English tutor, 'What is this word 'tinkerer?''
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I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.'
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They call me The Tinkerman. Wherever I go people say 'Ah ha, there is The Tinkerman.'
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Wherever I go, the club is never to stay on the same square on the board: they have to move up. I don't know if it's coincidence, some calling, or destiny - but whatever it is, it's the story of my life.
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With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that - fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.
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In London, you can eat your way around the world - Lebanese one night, Indian the next.
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