Claudio Ranieri is confident he can handle the pressure of managing Leicester City, starting with an opening-day meeting with Sunderland.
Claudio Ranieri hopes the heroics of 2014-15 will not be required again as last season's Premier League escape artists, Leicester City and Sunderland, prepare to meet on the opening day.
The amiable Italian will return to a Premier League dug-out for the first time since 2004, having replaced Nigel Pearson at the King Power Stadium.
His first opponent is Dick Advocaat, who led Sunderland to safety in the final stages of last term as Pearson's Leicester produced an incredible run to vault out of the bottom three in astonishing fashion.