Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri reveals he almost quit coaching due to politics

The Italian guided Leicester City to their maiden English Premier League title this season.

New English Premier League champions Leicester City's coach Claudio Ranieri

has revealed that a tough start to his career almost led him to quit coaching because

of too much politics.

Ranieri secured his first top-tier title this season after Leicester City's remarkable

campaign saw them crowned football champions of England.

However, the Italian admitted he came close to giving up early in his career following tough stints with Italian football clubs Vigor Lamezia and then Puteolana."At the beginning at Puteolana and Lamezia, I was top of the league without losing any matches but there was something strange that I didn't like - I don't want to tell you what - and I said: 'Bye bye, I'm going home.' And I left," Ranieri was quoted as saying by goal.com on Saturday.

"The second year started more or less the same. I took a little team Puteolana in Serie C without players: I played one match with 10 players, if I remember well, not 11."

"But you know, something strange arrived and they sacked me. And I said: 'This is not my job, I love the pitch, I love football but there is so much politics and I am not a politics man. I'm a clear man.' So I said: 'It's not my job."

Ranieri arrived at Leicester in summer 2015 after a disappointing stint in Greece, where he was sacked as national team boss after just four months, following a home loss to the lowly Faroe Islands