I can still remember getting a phone call from late chairman, Phil Gartside, telling me that Claudio Ranieri was getting the Foxes job, and that I could relax after four days of radio silence.

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The pair worked together at Carrow Road and Villa while Shakespeare had a brief spell as manager at the King Power Stadium in 2017, having been assistant to Claudio Ranieri when the Foxes won a stunning Premier League title in 2016.

Source: https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2023/04/10/leicester-locked-in-talks-with-dean-smith-over-short-term-deal/