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Claudio Ranieri says he needs a bigger bell to end Leicester's Premier League slump

Claudio Ranieri has joked he ‘may need a bigger bell’ to wake up his Leicester team from their Premier League slump and a trip to see Big Ben could be in order.

The Leicester manager would famously ring a table bell during team talks if he felt players were not concentrating, and shout ‘dilly-ding dilly-dong’ when displeased at training.

The tactics led Leicester to the Premier League title, but successive defeats have left them two points above the relegation zone and Ranieri is thinking about turning up the volume for the visit of Middlesbrough.

Claudio Ranieri is keen to wake Leicester up from their slump in the Premier League
Claudio Ranieri is keen to wake Leicester up from their slump in the Premier League

The Italian said: 'Sometimes I say dilly-ding dilly-dong.