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Ranieri takes over as coach at Nantes

Claudio Ranieri [photo: courtesy]

Claudio Ranieri, the veteran Italian coach who led Leicester City to their English Premier League title last season against all the odds, has taken over at Nantes, the Ligue 1 club said on Thursday.

The club confirmed that the 65-year-old responsible for one of the most outrageous success stories in modern football had signed a two-year contract in what it described as a "nice coup by the Nantes directors."

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