Sir Claudio!

This coach has done a major success with a minor club winning the championship in England and he immediately receives an highest honor. Now, he is in the company with comic actor and director Charlie Chaplin, opera singers Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, Argentina writer Jose Luis Borges and others who all achieved Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana or short Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Claudio Ranieri (from now on with 'sir' before his name) was Knighted in Italy on Friday by the Italian president Sergio Mattarella for his enormous accomplishment with unheard club Leicester City who surprised everybody by winning the Premier league title. Main 'culprit' for this award to go to the 64 year old is Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi which recommended him two weeks ago.