(Reuters) - The "dead man" walked back into Stamford Bridge on Sunday and was offered the warmest welcome by his old executioner, who was now happy to embrace him as a "champion".
Twelve years since Claudio Ranieri called himself "a dead man walking" when recognising sagely that new Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich would sack him as manager, the Italian returned to his old club as the all-conquering hero of Leicester City.
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