Enraptured Italians laud Claudio Ranieri for Leicester's unlikely conquest

Romans may find it hard to pronounce the name of the new Premier League champions’ home — but nevertheless the East Midlands city is now on the lips of everyone in the Italian capital.

“Lie-sester? Lech-ester? Lay-kester?” La Repubblica’s voxpop — conducted on Monday morning — was certainly amusing to English speakers, but why would the locals of Via del Corso know any better?

A day later and the Italian media is saturated with stories about Leicester’s improbable title triumph and bursting with tributes to the Roman who made it possible, Claudio Ranieri.