- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Smith: Foxes’ impossible task
- Updated: August 10, 2016
It will be virtually impossible for Leicester City to repeat last campaign’s title triumph this season, according to Sky Sports pundit Alan Smith.
Claudio Ranieri’s side won the league by 10 points from Arsenal last season, the first time the club had won the Premier League.
However, after a summer that has seen influential midfielder N’Golo Kante join Chelsea and with the Champions League also on their agenda, Smith thinks it will be a massive challenge for Leicester to retain the championship.
“They have let Kante go, but [Riyad] Mahrez is still there, which is a plus point,” Smith told Sky Sports. “Although who knows what will happen at the end of the transfer window?
“Ranieri knows the score and has been trying to obviously strengthen the squad with the Champions League challenge in mind and to maybe give them a different option of playing with the players they have brought in, rather than just [Danny] Drinkwater to [Jamie] …
continue reading in source www.skysports.com
