Its not my strong foot, is it? Vardy replies. The 40-year-old WAG sued Coleen Rooney, 36, for libel after Wayne Rooney's wife . But when I take one step over that white line, Im just someone else., Although wiser as well as older when it comes to how he chooses to live his life away from the game now, he is still the same person around his team-mates. Jamie Vardy shows off his signed shirt from the game against Manchester United. That has left Rodgers with a conundrum. Speaking to The Sun, the 40-year-old described how she called Rooney to confront her about the original post, which was put online in October 2019. So he does think highly of himself after all. Earlier this season, boyhood Sheffield Wednesday supporter Vardy teased Maguire by claiming he was a fan of both Steel City clubs, despite the centre-backs allegiance to United. Weve never totally closed the door, we made that clear, Vardy says. So I'd be doing a different drill to the centre-midfielders. I was small, so the only way I was going to win challenges was by being aggressive. Transfer Centre LIVE! You name it. As a parent you fully support it and back them all the way. He mentions with fatherly pride that his daughter Sofia has expressed an interest in learning the violin. After three long months, Jamie Vardy is thinking about what it will be like to finally get back to playing football again. 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. Jamie Vardy is the craziest player ever | Oh My Goal - YouTube Dancing On Ice fans blasted the footballer as "miserable" when he appeared via video link to support his gorgeous wife on the ice on Sunday. Vardys description of his left foot as his swinger seems odd. So, I think really she was hinting thats the next purchase!, Meanwhile, Sofias dad has started the season with two goals in three games. Im playing against centre-halves who are 6ft 4in and 6ft5in, so Im not going to win that many headers. Then one might not have predicted that he would be the face of a major brands campaign encouraging children to be creative but there is another side to Vardy. No. That must mean something assuming he watched Fowler back in the day? Schmeichel has moved to the south of France for a reported. Rebekah Vardy's new nightmare: 'She & Jamie are struggling' - Closer Come Saturday he will be closing-down Manchester City defenders in the usual frenetic fashion. Ive seen loads of him, the goals that he scored. He parried it into the side-netting for me.. Just seen as one of the other parents. Something silly, Vardy says. We'll try to reach that target and keep going from there.". Rebekah Vardy was asked an interview she gave to the News Of The World about her claimed sexual encounter with singer Peter Andre. Yeah., Do you make yourself captain? No. He has scored too many good goals with that foot, I say, for it to be called a swinger. Shall I put it in decimals? You see people who play it and they proper get right into it, looking at all the stats and everything. I think if youd have asked back then, it was basically, Hes just one of those lads who wants a ball over the top and hes gone. Last Sunday, Vardy's former strike partner at Halifax Town, James Dean, was found dead in Oswaldtwistle, having been missing for four days. ", 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. Vardy looks almost weary as Anthony Herlihy, Leicesters head of media, explains that story. With muscle-building advice, style hacks, nutrition tips and workouts to try, weve got all areas coveredMens Health UK: https://www.menshealth.com/uk/Mens Health UK on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menshealthuk/Mens Health UK on Twitter: https://twitter.com/menshealthukMens Health UK on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menshealthuk/Mens Health on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/menshealthuk/ Billy, the French bulldog, hes sprinting in front of me. And I dont score many decent goals like that, if Im honest, so thats up there in my three., A stunning goal in a memorable season for @LCFC#PL #GoalOfTheDay @vardy7 pic.twitter.com/C5I5y7c0e9, Premier League (@premierleague) December 20, 2019, Next? The Premier League 60: No 41, Jamie Vardy - The Athletic "We've not really had a day off," says Vardy. If Vardy scores for the 12th successive league game, against Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, it will equal Jimmy Dunnes achievement, which stretches all the way back to 1932. Jamie Vardy, when he looked set to sign for Arsenal in 2016, saw the two align, allowing him to make one of the hardest choices in his career - and he hasn't looked back since. But that kind of thing (the numbers) is not really something that you pay attention to, Vardy says. One a year. Let me have a look what youve sent in. 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. I dont really pay much attention to it, he says. The routine is working so far. How much further Vardy can progress is open to debate. The kids, bless them, went and planted some pak choi seeds. It seems to work. "Obviously when you're doing fitness work at a club all week and every week," he explains, "it's all about specific drills for what you need to do on the pitch. Before, Id have probably sprinted from right-back to left-back and back across again, which is just burning energy up for no reason. After telling him there was no need to sign up for anything when I clicked on the link, I ask why he didnt get in touch with the club and request a login. The problem here is that neither Rodgers nor Vardy is wrong. Head to LEGO YouTube to find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. We have to win, otherwise, there is no chance of us staying up. Does he play to Vardy's strengths, despite his advancing years? Well, I must have done if Ive somehow managed to be sat here on 99 goals.. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Im still running to the stand and celebrating, I dont care if its empty or not! Its a competitive game, youve scored, you need to still show emotion. Jamie Vardy's incredible Leicester City career - 90min He enjoyed success in the lower leagues, winning titles with Halifax, Fleetwood and Leicester before even reaching the Premier League. Im like, Mate, you see this one when she said youre right, and this one when she said youre right? Does he ever leave himself out? We were saying before the game, We need to win. Youre not going to if youre on your own. Vardy says Rodgers has helped him to press better (Photo: James Williamson AMA/Getty Images), Its about keeping that energy and that mindset so youre ready to (he clicks his fingers) fully go 100 per cent when you know that there is a chance to win the ball, rather than trying to do that when there is a 10 per cent chance of winning the ball.. "We know we've always got to adapt," says Vardy. Aug 12, 2020. Vardy weighs 73kg (11st 7lb) and with that wiry frame he looks as if he is not carrying an ounce of fat. Leicester City striker is up to his usual mischief in Russia, Get City transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox. Visit nike.com to explore the collection. It didnt bother me one bit.. Only 20 more for the 100. Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a months-long "sting operation" and accused Rebekah of leaking "false stories" about her private life to the press. I was like, Ive not got time for that.. 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. Ant Middleton & Jamie Vardy: A Tale of Two Underdogs - YouTube As for Vardy, hes going to have to put up with people talking about his goalscoring record an awful lot in the days to come. Its not too bad, is it? he says, listening to those names as they are read aloud. On the same day son Finley started reception. I see it as if they dont like playing against pace, then someone else comes across to over-compensate to cover and that means theres space somewhere else for one of the other lads, and thats where we can exploit them. 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. Its a good category to be in, especially from where Ive come from.. Have you sent it in? Nah, theres just a cameraman there, Vardy says, grinning. The weight never changes.. Vardy - who cost Leicester one million pounds, when he was bought from Fleetwood Town in 2012 - scored 24 goals and won the Golden Boot. A lot of them., So a third of them, says Vardy. My agent, John (Morris), mentioned it at the start of the season because hes like you he likes mentioning things. I also think for myself, and the club as a whole, the years experience last season has done us the world of good. We were saying before the game, We need to win. The news that Jamie Vardy had failed to make the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist, despite bookmakers slashing his odds on winning the award after his record-breaking goal against Manchester United last Saturday, went down surprisingly well with the man himself. Leicester City FC 'Truth is' - Leicester City fans wade in on Jamie Vardy verdict Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive as fans respond to pundit Gabriel Agbonlahor's comments about . The only reason he knows now is because everybody is mentioning it constantly. When he has figured this season, Vardy has cut a frustrated figure, not quite able to outrun defenders as in his best days. Jamie Vardy has paid tribute to outgoing Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel following his transfer to French side Nice. Asked why he thinks hes become more prolific with age, especially during the last couple of season, Vardy points to the appointment of Brendan Rodgers 16 months ago. Teams are more wary of what we're about now. Id say, T (Taylor, Vardys 10-year-old son), have you done your maths? I should press when we know weve got a chance of winning the ball. 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. Jamie Vardy interview: Teaching maths, growing veg and celebrating goal As a Premier League player, those lengths of the pitch are a thing of the past. 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. Vardy v Rooney: 10 things we learned at the Wagatha Christie libel Fitness has always been one of my strengths. Shes such a calming influence, Vardy says. So theres no escape for Harry Maguire, who has made the journey from Leicester to Russia with Vardy. Its some going, he says, after a bit of cajoling. Yeah. LEGO DUPLO has partnered with football greats Jamie Vardy and Casey Stoney to help parents celebrate their toddlers milestones, from scoring a goal to building their first LEGO DUPLO masterpiece. 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.. Jamie Vardy's route into professional football is anything but normal and so too is the Leicester City striker's matchday diet. Literally as soon as it went in I was like, Here we go, and the spontaneous celebration just appeared from nowhere. 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. That benefits me. Only a fool would take the risk of writing off Jamie Vardy. Vardy is part of the furniture at the club now it is eight years since they paid non-League Fleetwood 1 million for him in what must go down as one of the best pieces of transfer business in modern times and hard to picture him playing for any other club. We said that in multiple interviews locally, that we did it for all the right reasons, and that for me is the root of why we're still doing this. Even after that title-winning season, pundit and former striker Michael Owen said Vardy wasnt a natural finisher. 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. But at any time I think its good to have that threat up top because anything can happen it can be a Kasper (Schmeichel) long ball and its a goal in four seconds or, like I said, its keeping players away so that one of the other lads scores when weve just built the play up.. I knew even when I went back to training that theyd definitely save maths for when I got home, he says. With Ruud van Nistelrooy holding the record before, you cant get much better than that it was a brilliant message from him., Vardy also received a signed shirt from his team-mates and said in a post-match interview that it would end up in a frame or his wardrobe depending on the messages. Jamie Vardy has paid tribute to outgoing Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel following his transfer to French side Nice. He is exchanging tweets with members of One Direction one minute and Ruud van Nistelrooy the next. With that conversation out of the way, and having established that well be relying on Vardys long-term memory, we finally get down to what we were meant to be discussing: His favourite three Premier League goals, in no particular order. Everything is growing in there, he says. 111. Leicester City man opens up about being 'out in cold' as Foxes prepare But it's all been good. Vardy looks flabbergasted. So I try a different approach and wonder whether he plays Fantasy Football. We did the official army bleep test and I got to level 14.5. Last season was the first in seven at Leicester that he did not finish as the clubs top goalscorer although he is not slowing down. He's already a Premier League winner anyway and turns 30 this January. But then, Vardy isn't the typical footballer. Stocksbridge Park Steels, the non-league club where Vardy rebuilt his career after rejection by Sheffield Wednesday at the age of 16, plan to name a 450-seater stand after him. Jamie Vardy interview: 'Winning the FA Cup with Leicester would be the I think we had Liverpool and then Man City and everybody was saying, This is when theyll falter. On top of that, Vardy is producing his own fruit and veg, rather than alcohol, and enjoying putting on school lessons for his children. You could picture him doing something similar, like cupping a hand to his ear, when goal number 100 arrives. Not judging by his performance in the clubs pre-season which includes a nausea-inducing "single-double-single high intensity interval running test", known to the players as the SDS test. She added: "No one would do something so sinister knowing that they were weaponising a fan base against someone. But youve not signed up to the LCFC TV thing, have you? Vardy fires back. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Good feels like a bit of an understatement, bearing in mind only 28 footballers have done it since the Premier League was formed in 1992.