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Claudio Ranieri: 'Leicester City should be 6,000/1 to retain league title'

Manager Claudio Ranieri says that Leicester City are less likely to win the Premier League title than they were before the start of last season.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has insisted that the club's first target for next season is to remain in the Premier League.

The Foxes stunned the sporting world by winning the league title last season, but Ranieri has suggested that the club should be considered bigger outsiders to win the top flight than they were before the start of the previous campaign.

The Italian is quoted by the Evening Standard as saying: "If at the start of last season the bookmakers had us down as 5000-1 shots, then this time we start at 6000-1. Our objective to start with is to reach 40 points and stay up.

"Then, once we've reached that objective, we can raise the bar - finish in the top 10, [qualify for] the Europa League, a place in the Champions League. And maybe we can win one of the five trophies - Community Shield, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League. That is our running order, step by step."

Leicester begin the defence of the trophy with an away fixture at newly-promoted Hull City.

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