I just like a laugh and a joke.. Even after that title-winning season, pundit and former striker Michael Owen said Vardy wasnt a natural finisher. Have you sent it in? Follow Stuart on Twitter @stujames75. You know what kids are like, Open the seed pack and get em all in!. Yeah. On Saturday night he returned home from a restaurant, turned on the TV and there was Bastian Schweinsteiger talking about him in the same breath as Miroslav Klose, Germanys record goalscorer. What is it now, with the life he has had, that he wants for his own children? No. His story is one of the greatest ever told and may never be repeated. From non-league obscurity to Premier League champion, World Cup semi-finalist, FA Cup winner and Golden Boot holder. But then, Vardy isn't the typical footballer. Im thinking, You lairy git youre making me look bad here! Then Id turn and hed turn sharply and decide to just run into my legs while Im running., Gardening has presented challenges of a different sort and, by the sound of things, Vardy is hooked. Ive had my mates say, Whats it going to be like when you score? I said, What do you mean? It was quite a close game (against Liverpool) up until that point. . You know what that means, though, dont you? Vardy says, playing me like a central defender hes about to spin in behind. A lot of them., So a third of them, says Vardy. He is the complete opposite of somebody like Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was so obsessed with winning the Golden Boot every season that one of his first thoughts after a game was to see whether any of his rivals for it had scored. Little more than 24 hours later Adrian Butchart, the British screenwriter and the man behind the Goal! We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. She added: "No one would do something so sinister knowing that they were weaponising a fan base against someone. The routine is working so far. "I've had a chance to reflect on it all," he tells Sky Sports. "We've not really had a day off," says Vardy. ? Ive seen loads of him, the goals that he scored. Jokes aside, Vardy must take some personal satisfaction from his record and the way that he has proved people wrong. Vardy likes numbers, as long as they have nothing to do with his goals. Does he have a celebration in mind? "For example, my drills are high speed. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. One thing is for sure, it wont be the first time that Vardy has scored in a competitive game in front of next to nobody. Especially when Vardy and the team are keeping a lid on expectations. Using his fist as a pretend microphone, the City striker said: Its Jamie Vardy here from Vardy News. I think thats exactly what family does to you, he says. Reel off facts and figures concerning his scoring record and you get the impression he would rather go back to discussing pak choi than hear he has a better minutes-per-goal ratio than Robbie Fowler. The oldest, Megan, whom Vardy has adopted, has just begun sixth form. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Or choose a more patient style that brings out the best in technical players like Iheanacho and James Maddison, Leicester's best player by some distance? That must mean something assuming he watched Fowler back in the day? Oh right, I told John. Gardening is a new hobby for the Premier Leagues top scorer something that was taken up during lockdown while being a part-time mathematics teacher and losing running races on his back lawn. Talking from his home in Lincolnshire for more than an hour, he has been contemplating the prospect of scoring his 100th Premier League goal in between admiring his allotment. Ive seen loads of him, the goals that he scored. Its in the wardrobe, says Vardy, in a manner that suggests it was never in doubt. The Leicester striker's journey from non-league to Premier League winner is very well documented, but you may have missed some funny moments along the way. Yeah, I joined a league. If Im played out of position Ill always give 100%, but everyone knows I would rather play down the middle, he says. Vardy loves scoring goals but it has never turned into a personal crusade. We were saying before the game, We need to win. Talking from his home in Lincolnshire for more than an hour, he has. The club recently released footage of all the goals in three parts he must have enjoyed those clips? Thats fine, I just want to see what youve sent in., Vardy smiles. During their 10-year stint, the Foxes won the FA Cup, Community Shield, Championship, and most famously of all, the Premier League title. Me, Im just like, Hell do. Obviously to do it like that, in the last minute, meant absolutely everything.. That must mean something assuming he watched Fowler back in the day? Their wedding takes place in May, which is earlier than originally planned because of the possibility that Vardy will be in Englands squad for the European Championship finals. Im a lot different but Ive still got that (old) me in me, he says, casting his mind back to the afternoon when he scored that first Premier League goal against Manchester United to gauge his development. No-one treats me any different, which is how it should be, he says. Jamie Vardy was on the verge of quitting professional football to become a party rep in Ibiza before management at Leicester City persuaded him to stay put. Before, Id have probably sprinted from right-back to left-back and back across again, which is just burning energy up for no reason. No. "I'd read the words and you know when you read something, and it's like reading it about someone else. I was just lost in the moment, thats what it was. I tell Vardy that Im busy with children too, but I still watched the goals. By Stuart James. Then it was off home, get into bed and then go to work in the morning.". Not bad for a lad who was. ", Get the FREE Mirror Football newsletter with the day's key headlines and transfer news straight into your inbox. He's had time to take it all in. Does he play to Vardy's strengths, despite his advancing years? And at that point, I really didn't know what it was. ", Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. You want to score as many as possible, but I dont think you look at the ratios, how many games its taken, minutes-wise thats for stattos., On that note, there is one last stat to run by him. Skipper. Jamie Vardy is one of the craziest players in history. "We know that last year probably won't happen again. Jamie Vardy Interview - Working Up From The Bottom, Champions League & Leicester City's Thai Owners Credit : ESPN FC Check them out here : http://www.espnfc.com/ Subscribe to their YouTube. 09:28 GMT 04 Mar 2023. Hes like, Yeah. Lets just see how it goes and focus on winning games., Assuming Vardy gets a goal between now and the end of the season, he will have scored 100 in fewer games than it took Romelu Lukaku, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Jermain Defoe, among others. Following the drama of that improbable title triumph, there was the equalising goal for his country in the Euro 2016 win over Wales. I just want to keep it going for as long as possible." By his own admission, he didnt cope particularly well with the demands of professional football in his first season at Leicester and ended up searching for answers in all the wrong places mostly nightclubs. Jamie Vardy on his vegetable patch, correcting his son's maths teacher, his 99 Premier League goals, England future and pressing properly. Thats not to say that Vardy is the same player. Jamie Vardy trains fast in Nike Football Training apparel, built for speed with revolutionary AeroSwift technology. Vardy looks flabbergasted. We are always out there together and what we grow gets brought into the house and used. It takes it out of you, Im not going to lie, he says, although one detects in him a certain relish about the anguish of this drill. The left-foot volley against West Brom (in 2018, which won Match of the Days goal of the season). Now, he looks and sounds totally content. Following the news that Schmeichel's move had been finalised on Wednesday, the Leicester striker wrote on Instagram : "Kasper, it's been a pleasure mate. Jamie Vardy has managed just one goal in 24 Premier League appearances this season - but you wouldn't bet against him making a crucial contribution in Leicester's survival bid +7 View gallery. Last week, Rebekah Vardy lost a libel battle against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post, after a High Court judge found it was "substantially true." I think youd want to get it as early as possible anyway, Vardy says. At 34, the Leicester City striker is still razor sharp in front of goal - even if he now cuts a much more relaxed figure at home, Leeks, corn, sweet peas, plus the pumpkins are getting ready because Halloween is coming and the kids pick their own from the garden. The first would be against Liverpool at home (in the title-winning season), Vardy says, recalling the brilliant volley he thumped over Simon Mignolets head from 30 yards out. Yeah., Do you make yourself captain? If Id have scored that last penalty (against Everton in the penultimate game) Id have shared it, but I put it up into the stands. He has scored too many good goals with that foot, I say, for it to be called a swinger. Does that mean we want to get one for home? She said, No, Ill just do it at school. Vardy describes it all in detail the exact distances, the ever-diminishing breaks between runs. So I'd be doing a different drill to the centre-midfielders. His comeback is the stuff of legend. In the aftermath of Leicester City's dramatic 2021 FA Cup final triumph, Jamie Vardy inadvertently made himself the centre of attention. You have doubts? Jamie Vardy's route into professional football is anything but normal and so too is the Leicester City striker's matchday diet. Schmeichel has moved to the south of France for a reported 1million, having spent a decade playing alongside Vardy at the King Power Stadium. 81K views Streamed 6 months ago Tonight, on TalkTV Kate McCann sits down with Rebekah Vardy in her first TV interview since the 'Wagatha Christie' trial concluded. It just came to me in that moment in time, so I thought Why not?. So I try a different approach and wonder whether he plays Fantasy Football. With Vardys form so impressive this season and Harry Kane faced with a race against time to be fit for Euro 2020 before football got suspended, there was a fresh debate about whether he should come back into the England picture. It gives them that little sense of life. I decided to start flapping my arms like an eagle., Vardy celebrates like an eagle against Palace (Photo: Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images). A club legend like Vardy, the 35-year-old Dane heads to Nice with well wishes from the entire of Foxes family, as chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha added: "Throughout his time with us and particularly as a captain and vice-captain, Kasper has always been a player willing to stand up and take responsibility, leading the team with distinction. On top of that, Vardy is producing his own fruit and veg, rather than alcohol, and enjoying putting on school lessons for his children. Cringing as he relives the moment, Vardy clears things up. Kevin Phillips, his former striker coach at Leicester, played in the Premier League at 40 let alone 30, and it's not lost on Vardy that Phillips was playing for non-league Baldock Town in the eighth tier at the age of 21. There is a Bentley parked outside, a goalscoring record that has stood for 83 years in his sights and a place in that England squad firmly within his grasp. Knowing him, he probably just wants to get it all over and done with and move on. Asked what they would say if I quizzed them on what hes like in the changing room, Vardy replies: A loud, cocky shit., He shrugs his shoulders and smiles. Wowzers. When I was living on my own, for a footballer its easy to do the things that youre not supposed to, or not what the sport science team says. It didnt bother me one bit.. I think Ive adapted my game for the better. It just gives your body and your mind a complete shut-off.. Whats happening in life? Vardy says, breaking into laughter. In the bombshell interview, Rebekah accused Rooney of "weaponising" her fan base in what became known as the "Wagatha Christie" trial. But there are a lot of really good, young England forwards out there and theyd benefit more just say if I was there getting picked, Im taking one of their places. After three long months, Jamie Vardy is thinking about what it will be like to finally get back to playing football again. Finish it off the way that we want to and its been a great season.. Its often overlooked that after scoring his first Premier League goal, against Manchester United in September 2014, it took Vardy another 22 games and six months to get his second. And, to be fair, I saw the replay of the goal and you can actually see a couple of Man U fans clapping.. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. ", Some of the tastier morsels in Vardy's book reference his habit of sipping port on the night before matches and an earlier penchant for drinking skittles vodka. So, like, when Im at football, its opposite to how I am here. I just remember I started getting a bit of stick towards the end for some reason, and it was all from that end, their main home end. But if thats what they want to do, then so be it., Perhaps another story that surfaced was designed to keep his feet on the ground not that Vardy seems to need any help in that respect. I want them to be as successful as they possibly can but Im not going to force anything on them, he says. The gaffer has helped me a lot. 4. It's basically like you've had a game on the Saturday and then you're in the cup on a Tuesday.". I decided to start flapping my arms like an eagle., Vardy celebrates like an eagle against Palace (Photo: Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images). Im like, If its something you really want to do you cant just do it in your hour slot. Follow Stuart on Twitter @stujames75. You could picture him doing something similar, like cupping a hand to his ear, when goal number 100 arrives. Yet as Leicester fight for Premier League survival, how they would love their most famous player to write another incredible chapter. Having Becky and the kids there is brilliant for me.. Yeah. But it is what they love and that hunger and desire is what is keeping them going. Congrats, @vardy7! While the story of Vardys emergence from non-league football is well-documented, it is not just how far he has come that is remarkable but that he spent so long playing so far down the pyramid. It is hard, almost impossible, to get Vardy to say anything overly positive about his goalscoring. Theres your maths for you.. No wonder he has looked lost at times, and not even made his usual runs. Given that plenty of others have moved on from Leicester during that time Harry Maguire, NGolo Kante, Mahrez and Danny Drinkwater spring to mind you wonder whether Vardy, who had a chance to join Arsenal in 2016, ever looks at those players and wonders what might have been. What does Vardys post-30 record say about him now? I dont think Ive ever properly thought (before a game) about a celebration., What about that ridiculous one at Crystal Palace earlier in the season? Yet he comes across as fiercely proud of his roots Thats made me the person I am and says that the former Fleetwood team-mate who described him as someone who doesnt care whether hes on two grand or two quid was spot on. Lets just see how it goes and focus on winning games., Assuming Vardy gets a goal between now and the end of the season, he will have scored 100 in fewer games than it took Romelu Lukaku, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Jermain Defoe, among others. The latter trait has always been Vardy's forte and while he is still one of Leicester's quickest players, the pace is not as deadly nowadays. John Morris, Vardys agent, has long been banging the drum but few people wanted to entertain the idea that a non-league footballer in his mid-20s could go right to the top. The celebration that followed that goal was full of raw emotion, although it was difficult to know exactly what Vardy was shouting as he wheeled away. But there are a lot of really good, young England forwards out there and theyd benefit more just say if I was there getting picked, Im taking one of their places. A Premier League winners' medal, appearances at both Euro 2016 and in the Champions League, and now a Ballon d'Or nominee. The gardening, which began in lockdown, is a passion of his and he talks about how the planting is so much harder than the digging-up and what that might teach a child. A former professional footballer with Swindon Town, Stuart James went onto spend 15 years working for The Guardian, where he reported on far too many relegation battles to mention, one miraculous Premier League title triumph and a couple of World Cups. He does open up with a grin and a light-hearted quip about being in a hurry to get back to his Playstation, but who can blame him for eyeing some down time? Literally as soon as it went in I was like, Here we go, and the spontaneous celebration just appeared from nowhere. So I still class my left foot as my swinger because its not as strong., Or Crystal Palace away in 2017, when he could have shot with his right, but instead chopped back onto his left before bending the ball into the far corner? I stole the ball on the halfway line and just carried on running and then managed to get it in the far corner. Thats still what I have to do nowadays. According to the Premier League's tracking data, Vardy was the fastest man on the pitch in the first three games at the King Power Stadium this season. Vardy won the last of his 26 caps in the World Cup semi-final against Croatia two years ago, before telling Gareth Southgate he felt the time was right for him to focus more on club football. Such a routine wasn't ideal but it does partially explain Vardy's exponential improvement since then. The post was Vardy's first public statement since his wife, Rebekah, spoke publicly in a bombshell interview about her recent court case with Coleen Rooney. I think the main one is the hunger, says Vardy. Schmeichel has moved to the south of France for a reported. By The two players you mentioned do they have to keep playing? Tom Collomosse For Mailonline Find out more, Vardy has started the season with two goals three games, Vardy, a Lego fan, playing with his son Finley a far cry from his hellraising style on the pitch, Goal-hungry like the wolf: Vardy's celebration after his opening goal of the season, Chelsea vs Leeds United, Premier League live: Score and latest updates from Stamford Bridge, Arsenal vs Bournemouth, Premier League live: Score and latest updates from 3pm kick-offs, Erik ten Hag summons Ferguson as Man Utd try to knock Liverpool off perch again, Manchester City vs Newcastle live: score and latest updates from the Premier League, Moises Caicedo contract will not stop Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool interest, Losing to Leeds put Thomas Tuchel in a tailspin Graham Potter cant afford same fate. You see people who play it and they proper get right into it, looking at all the stats and everything. I was like: Oh for Gods sake. Someone will be bringing that up soon., Vardy, to be clear, is not complaining. The only reason he knows now is because everybody is mentioning it constantly. Excerpts from an interview Mrs Vardy gave to the Daily Mail, published the day after Mrs Rooney's online allegation, were read to the court. It just gives your body and your mind a complete shut-off.. While Vardy jokes that he'd "probably still gamble" on winning a flick-on from the likes of Musa or Shinji Okazaki as well as Slimani and Leonardo Ulloa, they are all very different strike partners. Visit nike.com to explore the collection. We know we have to adapt on the training field and put that into the matches with plans A, B and C if needed.". A lot of them., So a third of them, says Vardy. His weight hardly changes irrespective of what he eats Im always between 11st 3lb and 11st 6.5lb (71.2kg to 72.8kg) and he has lost none of his pace. Im 34 and he has just got to his 20s. "His influence and his leadership on and off the pitch speak volumes about him as a professional, as a football player and as a human being. My agent, John (Morris), mentioned it at the start of the season because hes like you he likes mentioning things. The school run is a carefully-calibrated operation and the day began for Vardy at 6.30am, serving breakfast, as well as overseeing the brushing of teeth and the putting on of uniform. He can be pathologically opposed to any self-praise. A former professional footballer with Swindon Town, Stuart James went onto spend 15 years working for The Guardian, where he reported on far too many relegation battles to mention, one miraculous Premier League title triumph and a couple of World Cups. Leicester's Jamie Vardy sets up academy to help non-league talent The Leicester City striker shakes his head and smiles at the madness of it all. After three long months, Jamie Vardy is thinking about what it will be like to finally get back to playing football again. Yeah, but thats more when youve got a bit of time to properly concentrate. You dont want to be stuck on it for a few games, like the cricketer who is on 99 not out for 20 balls.. This is the top-flight all-time record and its set by a Sheffield United player, so being a Sheffield Wednesday fan Id love to beat it, says Vardy. So you just have to try to be as positive as possible.. We'll try to reach that target and keep going from there.". But thats me, Ill pick a team at the start of the season and then leave it. It seems a little surprising he didnt pick his record-breaking goal against Manchester United in November 2015, when he became the first player to score in 11 successive Premier League games. Claudio Ranieri has plenty of options. Vardy could have made it to League level slightly earlier had a bid from Ian Holloway's Blackpool been accepted following a third-round FA Cup tie between the Fylde coast clubs in 2012, but .
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