Claudio Ranieri has spoken of taking charge of Leicester City.

Ranieri has led Leicester to the top of the table this season.

“I arrived in August and started watching the recordings of all their games from the previous season," Ranieri told the Corriere della Sera.

“When speaking to the players, I realised they were afraid of Italian tactical approaches. What football means to an Italian Coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager. You talk about football a lot.

“They didn't seem convinced and neither was I. I have a lot of admiration for those who build new tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good Coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.

“So I told the players that I trusted them and would speak very little of tactics. It was important to me that they all ran hard, just as I'd seen them running towards the end of last season.

“In my view fitness training isn't that important in England, as they all train with such intensity anyway and have a competitive edge even when just sprinting.

“The matches are all hard-fought too. My idea is that players need to recover first, train later. Naturally I believe in training, and this might seem like heresy in Italy, but I also feel it's all relative. My lads train a lot, but not too often."