5 teams that can pull off a Leicester in the next few seasons

Leicester City with the 2015/16 Premier League trophy.
Leicester City with the 2015/16 Premier League trophy

#1 Leicester City

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur - Premier League
Leicester City thrashed Tottenham Hotspur

How could this list not have Leicester City? They did it once, they can surely do it again.

The base of the midfield that won the League has been lost with both N'Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater moving to Chelsea. However, they have done well to retain the services of Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy. The two have recently shown glimpses of getting back to their title-winning season's brilliance. Mahrez has scored 3 goals and assisted 7 this season while Vardy has already scored 7 goals.

Kasper Schmeichel has time and again proved that he is a worthy successor to his father, the legend Peter Schmeichel, and Wes Morgan seems to age like fine wine, as he dishes out match-winning performances week in and week out, even at the age of 33. The duo at the heart of the Leicester defence makes a formidable pair that has kept 4 clean sheets in the league this season.

Leicester has been on a fine run this season with a well-crafted victory over Tottenham recently followed by a win over Burnley that took them to 9th in the league. After a dry spell in between, the sacking of Craig Shakespeare and the subsequent hiring of Claude Puel seems to have rejuvenated the Leicester squad.

There was a period of instability last season, with the sacking of manager Claudio Ranieri. Everybody thought this was a wrong move with former England international Gary Lineker saying that he shed a tear when he heard the news. Ranieri was replaced by caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare.

In the end, it turned out to be a fruitful decision as they reached the Quarter Finals of the Champions League and rose from one point above the relegation zone at the time of Ranieri's sacking to finishing strongly in at 12th.

This season they have shown glimpses of how good they can be and even though they aren't going to be anyone’s first choice to win the league in the upcoming seasons, who would bet against them pulling off a repeat of 2015/16?

Also read: 5 teams exceeding expectations so far in Europe this season - 2017/18

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Edited by Shambhu Ajith
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