Leicester City coach, Claudio Ranieri, has backed new Manchester United coach boss, Jose Mourinho, to be as great as the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson.
The Scotsman is regarded as the greatest manager of all time after guiding the Red Devils to 13 Premier League titles in 26 years.
Mourinho succeeded Louis van Gaal at the end of the 2015/16 season after the Dutchman failed to live up to the accomplishment of the 74-year-old.
And Ranieri, who was replaced by Mourinho while at Chelsea, believes the Portuguese tactician has what it takes to achieve as much as Fergie did.
“Mourinho can be the new Ferguson,” Ranieri said in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport. “He will not stay 26 years, but he will leave his imprint.
“Antonio and Chelsea are made for each other. Guardiola seems to be the right man in the right place.”
On Leicester’s aims for the season he said: “The basic concept is to start from scratch. We have won the title, we accomplished something perhaps unique, but now we turn the page.
“If at the beginning of last season the bookmakers quoted 5000/1 on our chances of the title, this time it’s 6000/1.
“The goal to start with is the threshold of 40 points to survive. Then we will raise the bar: getting in the top 10, the Europa League, a place in the Champions League and maybe win a trophy from the five in which we will play.”
