Claudio Ranieri extends Leicester stay untill 2020

 Leicester City of England have announced on its website on Wednesday, the contract extension of Italian coach,Claudio Ranieri for four years which runs until June 2020.

The club pointed out that the contract extension came days after the start of Leicester before the defense of their title campaign in the Premier League, where they will face next Saturday Hull City in the first rounds of the tournament of the new season.

Ranieri has led to Leicester City last season for the coronation of the Premier League for the first time in the English club's history.

Many of the English media and pointed out that Leicester City management decided to raise the salary of the Italian coach for up to 3.6 million euros a year.

In remarks published on the website of the English club, Ranieri said: "From the moment I spoke with the club owners about their vision for Leicester City, I learned that it comes to an entity that wanted to be a part of it for a long time."

He added that "the power enjoyed by this club -whether its owners or its employees or players is very special. I am very happy and proud that I will be a part of this over the coming years. "

For his part, deputy chairman of Leicester City, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, "11 months ago have contracted with someone we felt that the experience and knowledge may contributes to proper leadership of the club to a new stage of a long-term plan. And to help us achieve our plan, but he made it in time exceeds our expectations. "

He added, "Claudio capabilities as a person and as a coach is very clear from the moment they came in here. These capabilities have helped Leicester to progress in all competition strong foundations enable us to push the club forward. "