I am not in football for money: Leicester manager Ranieri

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has asserted that he is involved in football for love of the game and claimed he doesn’t even know how much his salary is.

Ranieri coached the reigning English Premier League champions to an unlikely title last season and has previously managed Chelsea, Juventus, Roma, Inter Milan, Valencia, Atletico Madrid among others but he is more keen on the enjoyment he derives from working.

“My motivation is not money,” he said. “Believe me. The money can stop now. My motivation is my love of football, my love of players. To try to do the best ... I don’t remember how much I earn every year.

“I don’t go every day to train my players because I earn money. I go on the pitch because I am a lucky man ... and I am doing what I always wanted to do,” Ranieri was quoted as saying by the Times on Friday.