And there were others who scoffed when the club signed up Italian manager Claudio Ranieri as their manager in July 2015. Even former Leicester player Gary Lineker reacted to this by tweeting “Claudio Ranieri? Really?”. The Italian was considered to be too soft and friendly to his players. He was sacked as Greece national team's manager just four months into the job in 2014, while his previous track record at Italian club Roma left them losing the League and Cup titles on the last step. 

Despite having to face all his devils of the past, the friendly, warm smile on Ranieri's face remained.   But beneath that optimistic smile was a steely determination that we got to see last year. Their entire team's value was around £23.1 million, which is nearly equivalent to the transfer fee Chelsea spent on a single purchase of Eden Hazard. But he had a bunch of honest, hard-working players who believed every little bit in what their coach told them.

When the bunch lost to 5-2 to the mighty Arsenal in September 2015, Leicester City fell straight from second in the table to eighth. Nobody ever believed that by the time of New Year, The Foxes would be second in the table. 

 The team, however, had some difficulty in keeping cleansheets and had to come from behind on many occasions. They had, in fact, conceded 55 goals in the previous season. In order to solidify his leaky defence, Ranieri promised his team that he would treat them to pizza after every match if they managed to keep a clean sheet. The team would keep 9 clean sheets in the next 13 league matches. And on each of those occasions, Ranieri would keep his promise and take his players to a local pizzeria where they would make pizza with their own hands.

 After losing to Arsenal for the second time in the season in February, Leicester won five of their next six games with a slender scoreline of 1-0, and during this time, Jamie Vardy scored just once while his other teammates contributed to six of the seven goals they scored.

By April, it was clear--the unthinkable had happened. But even with the incredible result looking  obvious, Ranieri was content just with the fact that his team had qualified for the Champions League. When asked about the Premier League title, the 64-year old said, “Hey man! We are in the Champions League. Dilly ding dilly dong! Come on! You speak about blah, blah blah! But we are in Champions League. That's amazing.”

Leicester City's win of 2015-16 has taught us so many lessons. It showed that it was possible for a club to be successful despite not having the financial backing of billionaire tycoons or big American companies. It showed that nice guys like Claudio Ranieri can finish first. It gave inspiration to many of those underdogs all around the world. Players like Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, N'golo Kante made us believe that no matter how many rejections we face, how many obstacles we encounter in our life, we can still succeed when we believe in ourselves. It might not be possible once again for Leicester City to repeat this feat again, with the vultures of big clubs swooping in for their star players and the analytical brains across the league finding ways to break their system. But it showed that fairy tales are, indeed, real.