Former Leicester manager Nigel Pearson says he felt proud but "very detached" when they won the Premier League.
He said it was a "big shock" to be sacked in June 2015 by the Foxes, who won their first top-flight title under Claudio Ranieri last season.
Pearson, in charge at Championship club Derby County since May, says he found being out of the game tough at times.
"They've gone on and achieved something that really, in the modern game, is impossible," he told Football Focus.
"I'm delighted for the players and the staff there."
However, he added: "I felt pride - but I was very detached, actually."
Leicester became English champions for the first time in their 132-year history, finishing 10 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal - and they won the league having been 5,000-1 outsiders with many bookmakers at the start of the season.
"It's a great story for football," added Pearson. "It's a bit like the Olympic stories, where there's this real interest in sport for sport's sake, rather than for the financial side of it, and some of the other stories that go with high-profile sport.
"Leicester will have earned a lot of new fans over the last 12 months in particular - and it's really made a brand new story."
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