‘A very unique character’ Vardy will ‘never forgotten’ by Foxes
Described as Leicester City’s “greatest ever player”. When Jamie Vardy departs at the end of the season. He will leave a legacy at a club he has served so well since his arrival 13 years ago.
From playing non-league football in 2010 to inspiring an astonishing Premier League title success just six years later, he struck 198 goals for the Foxes and seven more in his 26 England appearances.
A livewire, passion-filled, antagonistic striker, Vardy made the stunning leap from Stocksbridge Park Steels to become a Leicester legend.
Only Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah have scored more top-flight goals than Sheffield-born Vardy in the past decade.
The 38-year-old’s impending departure from the King Power Stadium is a perfect example of how the club is now at a crossroads following their relegation.
Their talisman, a force of nature up front at his peak, grew with the club and was the beating heart of their story – a fairy tale encapsulated by the 2016 title triumph that defied all odds.
So what next for Vardy and Leicester?
People make out he is some sort of a superstar, but he’s just normal’
“He is obviously the greatest ever Leicester player,” former team-mate Marc Albrighton
“Everything he’s achieved individually and with the team will never forgotten by the Leicester fans and the club. It’s going สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้นtough for everyone because people have grown up watching him. It will take some getting use to not having him around the club.”
Vardy has scored 198 times in 496 appearances for the Foxes since his £1m move from Fleetwood in 2012, showing the quality that led to appearances at Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.
Even before their memorable and miraculous title achievement, though, he helped Leicester to their ‘Great Escape’ in the 2014-15 campaign where they won seven of their last nine games to avoid relegation under Nigel Pearson.