December 23, (THEWILL) – Claudio Ranieri is returning to Sardinia after 31 years, to take on the reins of managing Cagliari and the Italian club picked a famous phrase from his time at Leicester City to announce his return.
In the Twitter post of the announcement, they used a picture of a typical Sardinian bell that is used to alert cattle and on which the words “Dilidin Dilidon” were written. Although it was translated to “Dilly Ding Dilly Dong” in English, it was how Ranieri described the way he woke up his players at Leicester City.
Cagliari, which is now ranked 14th in Serie B, brought in Ranieri to take over from the fired Fabio Liverani.
With a deal that runs through June 2025, Ranieri is returning to the team where, from 1988 to 1991, back-to-back promotions from Serie C to the top division marked the real beginning of his managerial career.
The 71-year-old had a long and fulfilling career that included stops at Napoli, Fiorentina, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Parma, Juventus, Roma, Inter, AS Monaco, a dream period at Leicester City, Nantes, Fulham, Sampdoria, and the Greece national team. He has been unemployed since Watford fired him in January 2022.
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