Claudio Ranieri was born in Rome in 1951. After an unspectacular playing career with Roma, he took up coaching and worked with some of Europe’s top teams before taking the reins at Chelsea in 2000. He has brought about a welcome reversal of fortunes to Chelsea, which is bankrolled by billionaire Roman Abramovich. The eccentric Italian describes how he has shaped Chelsea into a team that's the envy of every other manager in the Premiership.

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