It’s lovely, it’s joyous, it’s a breath of fresh air and it’s probably the best thing that could happen to the Premier League.

But it’s a one-off for Leicester City.

And that’s the shame about this, that they won’t do it again. By now, every Premier team will be sussing out exactly what they need to do next season against a side that has surprised just about everyone in European football, and certainly British football. It isn’t often that you have a team like Leicester (no disrespect) that rise from almost being relegation fodder to league champions.

Every now and again in leagues across Europe, a smaller, unexpected club freakishly win the crown, but with more money coming into the game, plus the fact that the ‘bigger’ teams have largely and spectacularly under-performed, you know that next year, the powers that be at each club will spend and spend and spend to regain control and effectively shut out sides like Leicester.

Therefore, this is indeed a one-off.

Leicester fans – sit back, enjoy the next few games, breathe in the sweet aroma of unparalleled success, watch the home coming on the traditional open top bus and saviour the Champions League, because it will be the only time you can.

Leicester haven’t been the only pleasant surprise package. West Ham are still battling for fourth and Southampton and Stoke aren’t far behind. At the turn of the year, plaudits were being given to Crystal Palace and Watford, so the rise of the so called smaller team has been there, but the sluggish, inconsistent performances of the league’s top outfits have given the league a bizarre look.

With all of the TV money on its way, every club can afford to splash the cash, but some will have more than others and next year, do not be too surprised to see the perennial top four or five become the top four or five again.

With new managers at Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City – and possibly at Arsenal and Manchester United as well – it is all change at the top. The knock-on effect will be summer squad clear-outs and expensive, big name additions commanding significant wages.

The likes of Leicester City, it’s sad to say, will not compete, and even the lure of the Champions League, will not have star names flocking to the King Power Stadium. Most will see it as a one-off and many will still be attracted by club names and the well respected managerial changes.

Normality will resume.

Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher said recently: “Is it the biggest story we’ve seen in football? There’s obviously Nottingham Forest when they went on to win European Cups and I think it’s safe to say we won’t see Leicester do that. Ranieri said before the game ( against Sunderland) this could happen in 50 or 60 years’ time. The chances of seeing something like this again? I think it could be double that.”

Graeme Souness agrees: “It’s the most incredible story in the Premier League’s history,” he said. “A year when all the big teams have tripped up I think it is the most interesting, fascinating Premier League ever and I think they’ve won it now. I think it is the most wonderful thing for football, it gives everyone out there who’s not a big boy, not one of the big boys, think ‘we can do that’. They won’t, but they will think they can.”

And that’s the point. Leicester will pave the way for others to think they can, but ultimately, it will always be the big teams that win.

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