Claudio Ranieri as WWE wrestling star – and 9 other ways Twitter felt the love for the “tinker man”

Claudio Ranieri is the most loved person in the whole country right now after he was sacked by Leicester City a year after leading the 5,000-1 outsiders to the most unexpected Premier League title ever.

Here’s the 10 best responses to the whole sorry business on Twitter.

1.

SUMMARY: Leicester City to Claudio Ranieri. pic.twitter.com/0raFekSUZT

— SPORF (@Sporf) February 24, 2017

2.

10th Jan 2017: Claudio Ranieri wins FIFA World Manager Of The Year.

23rd Feb 2017: Claudio Ranieri sacked by Leicester.

Football is crazy! pic.twitter.com/sTq9tpTC52

— Neymar Jr. (@NeyMarvellous) February 24, 2017

3.

CLASS: Claudio Ranieri poses for a pic with a young Leicester fan after his sacking. True gent
( @BenChapmanITV)pic.twitter.com/CiNqWeYYRv

— SPORF (@Sporf) February 24, 2017

4.

Jose Mourinho wears 'CR' on his shirt in tribute to Claudio Ranieri and says "Leicester should name the stadium after him". pic.twitter.com/l8GPMKiIC0

— Footy Jokes (@Footy_Jokes) February 24, 2017

5.

#ThatMomentWhen You realise Louis Van Gaal lasted longer at Man United….than Claudio Ranieri at Leicester. pic.twitter.com/BUTVLoxNjW

— SPORF (@Sporf) February 24, 2017

6.

Mancini wins,sacked,mourinho wins,sacked,ranieri wins,sacked..Wenger is smart #ClaudioRanieri

— mawiravictor (@mawira377) February 24, 2017

7.

Jurgen Klopp : Things like this can happen in 2016-17#brexit
Trump
Leicester City sacking Claudio Ranieri#lfc #lcfc #mufc #cfc #afc pic.twitter.com/SCX7qVnGa0

— Bazinga Cooper (@iqdefinesyou) February 24, 2017

8.

Klopp being wonderfully Klopp: "There have been a few strange decisions in 16/17: Brexit, Trump and Ranieri."

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 24, 2017

9.

100 – Percentage of people who have coincidently got something in their eye after reading Claudio Ranieri's statement. Heartfelt.

— OptaJoke (@OptaJoke) February 24, 2017

10.

Classy guy #ClaudioRanieri #LeicesterCity pic.twitter.com/Xmu3G0K3jO

— David Jack (@DJack_Journo) February 24, 2017