Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri is not losing sleep over his team’s Premier League title defence and believes the pressure to succeed is more on the new managers of the big-name clubs.

Under Ranieri, 5000-1 outsiders Leicester won their first ever top flight title last season, with Manchester United and Chelsea failing to secure Champions League qualification and Manchester City only just making the top four.

The 2016-17 season will see some of the most prized managers with Jose Mourinho guiding United, Pep Guardiola at City and Antonio Conte in charge of Chelsea.

“You imagine the big teams who didn’t win, who didn’t make the Champions League. They are going crazy now, they want to kill now,” Ranieri said.

“They have new managers, fantastic managers. Antonio Conte is fantastic; Jose, everybody knows Jose. Guardiola is an amazing person, good manager. I’m laughing because at the end only one will win. And the pressure is not on me, it’s on them.”

“Leicester City? People are just curious. What will happen with Leicester? What can Leicester do next season? Repeat?... To win is a dream,” he added.

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who played every game of Leicester’s title-winning campaign, said the team remained equally hungry this season.

“I can assure you the hunger is 100 per cent still there. We have to go again, do exactly the same again and see where it takes us. We have never said ‘this is what we are aiming for’,” Schmeichel said.

“We go out, we work hard for each other and do our best. If someone is not pulling their weight then they will be told.

“Part of being a really good squad is the togetherness and being able to trust each other.”