How will Leicester fare in the Premier League?published at 12:34 2 May
12:34 2 May
Winning the Championship is huge Leicester City because it has been a concerning time for the club.
There are still issues around points deductions but there would have been a huge financial problem if they did not bounce back up this season.
Jamie Vardy has contributed right to the end but it might be time for him to go to a new club. He might want to go and try something else, but he is also such a longstanding figure in the club so would he want too?
How they do in the Premier League next season will be down to how they can recruit and what money they have to spend.
Getting a good start will be key for building their confidence.
Michael Brown was speaking to BBC Sport's Nicola Pearson
Winning Championship 'one of most incredible things you can do'published at 09:55 2 May
09:55 2 May
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Conor Coady says the Leicester players have achieved their target for the season by winning the Championship
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily 72+ podcast, the 31-year-old said it has been "a fantastic couple of days and fantastic couple of nights" as the Foxes celebrated clinching the title with a 3-0 win at Preston North End on Monday.
"We've had quite a few good nights - since Friday really. Seeing the Leeds score [losing 4-0 to QPR] when QPR were fantastic on the night," he said.
"The goal was to win the league and we managed to do that on Monday with a fantastic performance. I think the celebrations take away from the performance - I thought the performance was brilliant from the boys. To go out and put in a real good performance to win the league was fantastic.
"I don't actually drink myself but the lads had a few drinks on Monday night after the game which was quite a late night."
Coady said he had a chat with Leicester boss Enzo Maresca before the game and he mentioned how the manager's overriding emotion was "relief."
"I think that's the biggest part of where we are and what we do," Coady said. "At the start of the season, it's common knowledge we had to get the club over the line - and we've done that.
"The manager has been fantastic - he's been brilliant with every player. He's brought a philosophy of football to the club that none of us have really played before.
"He's obviously come from Manchester City and had a certain way. He was speaking on behalf of us all in terms of the relief of getting over the line.
"For the couple of months before, no one wanted to take grasp of the Championship. We were dropping points, then Leeds would drop points and Ipswich would drop points."
He added the players all came together and "made sure we looked at ourselves in the mirror and managed to get over the line in the last week."
'Special groups do special things together'published at 10:04 1 May
10:04 1 May
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BBC Radio Leicester's Jack Rafferty and former Foxes winger Matt Piper have been discussing the "togetherness" between Enzo Maresca, his backroom staff and his players on the When You're Smiling podcast.
Rafferty said: "Pre-match, we were hearing Enzo Maresca talking about those pictures of members of the squad round his house, watching the Leeds game and celebrating when promotion was confirmed.
"We were taking the mick saying, 'Oh yeah Enzo, you told us in your pre-match press conference that you were going to have a quiet night-in with the family and you were going to have some pizza.
"But he said that the players just turned up. He didn't invite them - they didn't pre-arrange it - the players just rocked up on his doorstep!
"I think that is just another sign of that togetherness, not just amongst the players but with the staff and hierarchy as well."
Piper added: "There has been adversity this season and that has probably brought the group even closer together. The things that have happened off the pitch, financially, will have brought the group together.
"We went on a real poor run, only winning one in six [games], but all of a sudden great teams, great squads, great managers come together. They fight through that adversity.
"Leeds can say that they are the best team in the league all they want, but when it got tough for them the wheels actually did fall off. We pulled together and fought through that adversity.
"I think we have to listen to what some of the players are saying and what the manager is saying because it is unheard of.
"I have never heard of players inviting themselves round to their manager's house to have a party because they have been promoted.
"When we won the Premier League, it was Jamie Vardy's house. Was Claudio Ranieri there? I don't think he was.
"Special groups do special things together - and this is definitely a special group."
