Claudio Ranieri: Pressure is my culture

By Dave Eadevic
March 24 2004

Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri said that life in Italy prepared him for the pressures of managing Chelsea. As speculation mounts daily that he will be sacked in the summer, the likeable Italian merely shrugss it off.

" This is my culture, I am Italian. In Italy you win one match draw the second and are sacked by the third."

He went onto comment that the rumours of his impending dismissal have been with him since the day Abramovich took over, saying he just takes it day by day.

Signs that everything may not be alright were there as well though, with the warning of I may win everything and still find myself out of work.

Talk of him moving a tad North to take over the vacant job at Spurs still abound, but I think one thing is sure, it will be all change come the summer.

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