After securing a historic Premier League title win, Claudio Ranieri has a place in Leicester City hearts forever.
Ranieri was appointed in 2015 with everyone tipping the Foxes to go down to the Championship after surviving by the skin of their teeth.
But he defied the odds and went on to create history and end his own wait to win a top-flight title finally.
The 73-year-old admitted that he would swap the title win to lift a scudetto with his boyhood club Roma however, even if it does happen, it won’t stain the Foxes’ proud piece of history either way.
He couldn’t do it alone either and over his 18 months in charge at the King Power Stadium, made 13 signings.
Here is where they are now and how they have fared since joining the club.
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N’Golo Kante – Al Ittihad
Perhaps one of the greatest signings in Leicester history, N’Golo Kante was Ranieri’s first signing for the Foxes.
Joining for £5.5m in 2015, the Frenchman was an unknown prodigy but everyone had heard of him by the end of that season.
His impact was so big that many would claim that the Earth was 70 per cent water and the other 30 per cent is covered by Kante.
The midfielder only spent one season in the East Midlands before joining Chelsea and can now be found plying his trade in Saudi Arabia with Al Ittihad, playing alongside the likes of Fabinho and Karim Benzema.
Yohan Benalouane – Novara
A cult icon among some Leicester fans, if you were to describe Yohan Benalouane’s time with the Foxes in one word it would be: ‘erratic’.
He unfortunately missed out on a Premier League winners’ medal after only playing four games that season and never really made a big impact.
Often deployed in Carabao Cup matches, the Tunisian is now playing in the third tier of Italian football at Novara.
Gokhan Inler – Retired
Gokhan Inler was considered a major coup for the Foxes at the time, joining from Italian giants Napoli, where he had been a regular.
That was as good as it got though as the Swiss international made little-to-no impact in the title-winning team. He did reach the five-game threshold to earn himself a winner’s medal and left after one season.
After stints in Turkey, Inler retired from football in the summer and is now working at Udinese as their technical director.
Nathan Dyer – Retired
Nathan Dyer joined on loan with Swansea City and scored one of the most important goals in the run to the title.
Dyer came off the bench with Leicester trailing 2-0 at home to Aston Villa and put his entire body on the line in the dying moments to bundle the ball home and complete a turnaround that saw Leicester win the game 3-2.
A permanent move never sufficed after his heroics and he returned to Swansea City before retiring in 2020.
Daniel Amartey – Besiktas
Daniel Amartey joined halfway through the title-winning season after emerging on the scene at FC Copenhagen.
He played enough games to qualify for a medal and went on to play a crucial role over the years, featuring in the European campaigns and the FA Cup final.
Amartey left after relegation to the Championship in the 2022/23 season and moved to Turkey to join Besiktas.
That move hasn’t appeared to go to plan though and the Ghana international was reported as going AWOL when Besiktas tried to sell the defender on transfer deadline day.
Luis Hernandez – Cadiz
Luis Hernandez joined for the Champions League campaign and in his four appearances, was responsible for the throw-in that led to Marc Albrighton scoring the Foxes’ first goal in Europe’s elite competition.
He made a total of four appearances before leaving after six months to return to Spain and join Malaga.
Hernandez can now be found playing in the Spanish Second Division for Cadiz after a brief spell in Israel at Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
Ron-Robert Zieler – Hannover 96
Brought in as a back-up to Kasper Schmeichel, Ron-Robert Zieler came with some pedigree after being a part of the Germany squad that won the 2014 World Cup. Albeit he didn’t play in it, but still.
He struggled to adapt to his role as deputy to Schmeichel and spent a singular season in the East Midlands before returning to Germany.
Zieler is the first-choice ‘keeper for 2. Bundesliga side Hannover 96.
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Nampalys Mendy – RC Lens
Dubbed the heir to Kante’s throne, Nampalys Mendy’s Leicester career got off to the worst start as he went off injured on his debut.
Mendy was compared to Claude Makelele when he joined but despite becoming a regular in his latter years with the Foxes, never truly set the world alight and returned to France after the relegation campaign.
The Senegal international can now be found at Ligue 1 giants Lens.
Ahmed Musa – Kano Pillars
Ahmed Musa arrived from CSKA Moscow with plenty of excitement.
The winger joined and tore Barcelona apart in pre-season but that was as good as it got as Musa struggled to handle the physicality of the Premier League.
Spells back in Russia before time in Saudi Arabia and Turkey followed for the 32-year-old, who is now back in Nigeria playing for Kano Pillars, where he began his career.
Bartosz Kapustka – Legia Warsaw
Bartosz Kapustka is the epitome of why you shouldn’t sign players based on a few good games at an international tournament.
A breakout campaign at Euro 2016 saw the Foxes swoop in and sign him from Cracovia. He only played three cup games that season and not much more.
Spells out in Belgium and Germany before a return to Poland, where he plays for Legia Warsaw, is the best it got for someone touted for big things.
Islam Slimani – CR Belouizadad
Islam Slimani was the Foxes’ record signing when he joined from Sporting CP in Portugal.
Nicknamed the ‘Dragon Slayer’, the expectation was that he would be the goalscorer to compliment Jamie Vardy and make Leicester a force to be reckoned with.
Slimani was by no means the worst signing but his style of play didn’t suit what Leicester needed and it would never be a match made in heaven.
He spent plenty of time out on loan in France and has had stints elsewhere in Europe, as well as Brazil.
Now 36, the forward is back in Algeria playing for CR Belouizadad.
Wilfred Ndidi – Leicester City
The only one of Ranieri’s signings still at Leicester.
Wilfred Ndidi has made over 200 appearances for the Foxes and is still a regular under current manager, Steve Cooper.
Ndidi has won four trophies since joining from Genk, as well as playing in all three European competitions.
There were doubts about his future in the summer but he committed to a new deal and will be at the club for a few years more.
Molla Wague – Capo Rizzuto
Molla Wague’s Leicester career was over before it started. He didn’t even last one half in an FA Cup tie against Millwall, which also proved to be the writing on the wall for Ranieri, as he went off injured.
Is now playing in the fourth tier of Italian football.