Claudio Ranieri is set to step down from his post and walk away from the world of football after guiding his beloved , before over the weekend. According to reports from and , Ranieri will take a step away from football, although it has not yet been confirmed if he is officially retiring. It was a mutually agreed termination of contract, as Ranieri had one year left on his deal that was due to expire next summer, in 2025.
L’hai fatto ancora, Mister 🥹👑 — Cagliari Calcio (@CagliariCalcio) The 72-year-old is perhaps best known to the wider, international football community as the mastermind behind Leicester City’s miraculous, odds-defying storm to the Premier League title in 2015-16. However, his love affair for Cagliari, where it all began and where Ranieri’s managerial story may have drawn to a close, is what has kept him in the game over the last two years. He has enjoyed two stints on Sardinia.
Both times, between 1988-91 and 2023 until present, Ranieri led Cagliari to promotion to Serie A. Between then, there is an enormous list of former associations, including with , , Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Parma, , , , the Greece national team, the aforementioned Leicester, plus Nantes, Fulham, Roma again, and Watford. Cagliari have confirmed that Ranieri is stepping down in a , titled ‘Forever grateful, mister’.
The club wrote: “Mister Ranieri bids farewell to Cagliari: In his two spells with the club, he always managed to lead the team to achieve their.
