Leicester have spent 10 times as many days top as Manchester United since Sir Alex Ferguson retired... but where would their 66 points put them at this stage in other years?

There is something delightful yet downright ludicrous that Leicester City ‒ the team that were written off as relegation fodder ‒ have spent 97 days top of the Barclays Premier League this season.

They will hit the 100 mark on Tuesday, equalling Manchester City's total from before Leicester took over in November, and there's a statistic that might surprise those at Old Trafford too.

This week Leicester will have topped the table for 10 times as many days as Manchester United since Sir Alex Ferguson retired three years ago as they reach their century under Claudio Ranieri.

United have spent just 10 days top since May 2013, with neither David Moyes nor Louis van Gaal able to pick up where Sir Alex left off.

Though that signifies their shortcomings since, it also shows how Leicester have shocked us.

The team that were 5,000/1 to be crowned champions in August are odds-on at 8/15 in March and could pull off the greatest shock in English football history. 

They were tipped for relegation by every Tom, Dick and Harry but have proved the pundits wrong. Superbly so, and Champions League football is all but guaranteed at the King Power Stadium next season.

What matters most, though, is whether Leicester will be top on May 16 ‒ the day after they end their season with a trip to Chelsea.

Tottenham Hotspur hope not. Spurs have spent zero days top this season, just six since Sir Alex retired, and only 33 since the Premier League began in 1992.

Source: daily mail