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Dilly-ding, dilly-dong! Watch our wrap of Claudio Ranieri's funniest moments...

Claudio Ranieri has guided Leicester to an unthinkable Premier League triumph - and to celebrate, we've wrapped up some of his top soundbites.

His players are heroes but the Italian, who finally sealed his first top-flight title after a three-decade wait, has cemented his own cult status with infectious charm and a medley of catchphrases. 

From pizzas and sausages to Forrest Gump and his 'dilly-ding, dilly-dong' bell, the man once sacked by Greece and mocked when he arrived at the King Power Stadium has served up some memorable moments off the pitch as well as on it.

"I told them, if you keep a clean sheet, I'll buy pizza for everybody. I think they're waiting for me to offer a hot dog too," Ranieri said of a tasty incentive his players took up in October before finally keeping their first clean sheet of the season in a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

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Revealing the unusual Christmas present he'd bought his players, he chirped in December: "From the beginning when something was wrong, I've been saying: 'Dilly-ding, dilly-dong, wake up, wake up!'

"So on Christmas Day, I bought for all the players and all the staff a little bell!"

And taking inspiration from Hollywood when his side were two points clear, he added: "Why can't we continue to run, run, run? We are like Forrest Gump. Leicester is Forrest Gump. I give you the headline there!" 

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