Firms don’t think much of Ranieri appointment
THE gamble on Claudio Ranieri came off on Monday night when Leicester City announced ‘The Tinkerman' as their new manager.
Ranieri, 63, who had been backed into odds-on after throwing his hat into the ring at the weekend, replaces Nigel Pearson, who was sacked two weeks ago.
News of the former Chelsea, Juventus and Roma boss's appointment prompted bet365 to immediately trim the Foxes' relegation price to 11-4 from 3-1 while Hills rate them 10-11 to finish lower than last season's 15th place.
The Italian had been out of work since being sacked by Greece after a four-match winless reign which featured an almost unthinkable home defeat by the Faroe Islands.
Coral are 2-1 that Manchester City's newest signing, Raheem Sterling, scores against previous club Liverpool during the coming league campaign.
They go 8-11 that Sterling, who is a medical away from a £49m move from Anfield, scores over 8.5 Premier League goals in 2015-16. He struck seven times for the Reds in the last campaign.
Manchester United completed the double signing of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin on Monday as Betfair clipped their title price from 5-1 to 9-2.
Betfred, meanwhile, reckon the Old Trafford spending spree isn't over yet.
With Robin van Persie departing for Turkey, Betfred have cut the odds on Villa striker Christian Benteke (11-4 from 3-1) and Spurs frontman Harry Kane (4-1 from 5-1) ending up at the Theatre of Dreams.
The same firm have also cut Wayne Rooney to 16-1 from 20-1 to land Premier League top goalscorer honours.
