You know what that means, though, dont you? Vardy says, playing me like a central defender hes about to spin in behind. When we provided our Guest Editor Ant Middleton with a list of names to interview, it was Jamie Vardy's that jumped off the page. Does that mean we want to get one for home? She said, No, Ill just do it at school. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. We are talking over Zoom this week in a rare quiet moment for him the first day of the school term when most of his brood are otherwise occupied. 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. Its some going, he says, after a bit of cajoling. Jamie Vardy calls time on England career in talks with Gareth Southgate The kids, bless them, went and planted some pak choi seeds. I left it all until Sunday morning and then worked my way through everything, which is not easy when youve got Twitter, WhatsApp, text messages, Instagram, etc. "There was a bit of time in the summer when I got the opportunity to relax and think about what's happened. A Premier League winners' medal, appearances at both Euro 2016 and in the Champions League, and now a Ballon d'Or nominee. 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. No. It's been quite a year for the Leicester - and now England - striker. So he does think highly of himself after all. She added: "No one would do something so sinister knowing that they were weaponising a fan base against someone. 08:41 GMT 04 Mar 2023 Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Hes like, Yeah. Listening to Vardy rowing back over his story it is hard not to smile at how much his world has been turned upside down. Whats the point? he says. Ive seen loads of him, the goals that he scored. If the current circumstances do not change, both player and club may have a decision to make in the summer. From non-league obscurity to Premier League champion, World Cup semi-finalist, FA Cup winner and Golden Boot holder. No, I just sense the abuse, he says, laughing. Finish it off the way that we want to and its been a great season.. I knew even when I went back to training that theyd definitely save maths for when I got home, he says. 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. Jamie Vardy's Pre-Match Diet Is Still Next Level - SPORTbible 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. Does he have a celebration in mind? When I was at school and we entered the competitions I used to do the 100m, 200m and the 1500m as well, so its never just been a pace thing., Being so lean helps. This is not a rarity for Maguire, nicknamed Slabhead or Breezeblock at City, who is often the victim of Vardys mickey-taking. You could picture him doing something similar, like cupping a hand to his ear, when goal number 100 arrives. I hate wearing a suit.. Still a Stocksbridge Park Steels player at the age of 23, it's no wonder that Vardy's preparation was, by his own admission, "massively" different to the methods he's practising today in Nike's latest football training gear. It gives them that little sense of life. I want them to be as successful as they possibly can but Im not going to force anything on them, he says. It's something we didn't expect to be playing in so we need to just go out there and enjoy it. 33.3. Both underdogs, both not 'm. Pre-planned? Fitness has always been one of my strengths. Yeah, I joined a league. Jamie Vardy interview: His training regime and adapting to Europe, Nike Football's Training gear is built for speed, with revolutionary AeroSwift technology, Alonso pips Verstappen with Hamilton fourth ahead of thrilling pole fight. The Leicester City striker shakes his head and smiles at the madness of it all. As Vardy pictures that scene and laughs, it feels like a reminder of just how much his life has altered since the days when he would sit at home on his own of an evening and empty packets of Skittles into a three-litre bottle of vodka. Jamie Vardy is making up for lost time. You dont want to be stuck on it for a few games, like the cricketer who is on 99 not out for 20 balls.. His ratio is also better than those of Andy Cole and Fowler, never mind all those other names mentioned above. . My agent, John (Morris), mentioned it at the start of the season because hes like you he likes mentioning things. Tom Collomosse For Mailonline. He and his wife Rebekah have five children at home, two from Rebekahs previous relationships and three of the couples own children. 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. Id say, T (Taylor, Vardys 10-year-old son), have you done your maths? The routine is working so far. Vardy had the best part of seven years with Stocksbridge, who were in the eighth tier, and it is a measure of his lack of self-belief in the early days that he once skipped a training session because he was so nervous about moving up from the reserves to the first team. No wonder he has looked lost at times, and not even made his usual runs. No. Shes such a calming influence, Vardy says. 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 still do Lego now. TV Life Magazine September 24 2017 Gemma Atkinson Cover and large interview with portraits. But with the team having overachieved so sensationally last term, it should be little cause for alarm. It didnt bother me one bit.. Man Utd revive interest in Barcelona star De Jong, Papers: Chelsea divided on future of head coach Potter, PL Predictions: Chelsea to draw another blank vs Leeds, What is Chelsea's best XI? 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. 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. Oh right, I told John. Its all right, my teacher has already marked it. He has scored too many good goals with that foot, I say, for it to be called a swinger. I dont really pay much attention to it, he says. But what about the goal against West Ham at home, in the title-winning season, when he arrowed the ball into the far corner with his left foot? Vardy weighs 73kg (11st 7lb) and with that wiry frame he looks as if he is not carrying an ounce of fat. When theyre struggling to build it they come to me and Ill be sat there at the table doing the rest.. I was just lost in the moment, thats what it was. He enjoyed success in the lower leagues, winning titles with Halifax, Fleetwood and Leicester before even reaching the Premier League. 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. 33.3. Jamie Vardy shows off his signed shirt from the game against Manchester United. Tom Collomosse For Mailonline I said Alright, thats really good. Exclusive Jamie Vardy interview: 'You don't want to be taking the mick I don't think I can expect of him what he was doing five years ago,' said Rodgers last September. 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? I said to the little ones, Dont put too many in this plant pot because you need to grow them and then move them on. His story is one of the greatest ever told and may never be repeated. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. 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. Then it was off home, get into bed and then go to work in the morning.". Thats just football. 111. Defiant Becky, 38, hit back at claims her hubby, 34, was. Well, I must have done if Ive somehow managed to be sat here on 99 goals.. 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. That was ages ago. Vardy, in contrast, never lost a minutes sleep thinking about the chance he squandered to finish as the Premier Leagues joint-top scorer when Leicester won the title in 2016. Im just a normal person at the end of the day. Jamie Vardy interview: Teaching maths, growing veg and celebrating goal Finish it off the way that we want to and its been a great season.. Whereas if Ive seen it late and (Im) trying to be a bit too quick, it goes over the stand., Jamie Vardys excellent volley in #lcfc's 4-1 victory over West Brom has won the Carling @PremierLeague Goal of the Month for March! Jamie Vardy's wife said she pressed on with legal action . Not bad for a lad who was. 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. The boss gave me another one on Monday, a special one just from him, which will also be going in the wardrobe. 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The keeper should have saved that, Vardy says, dismissively. Vardy looks almost weary as Anthony Herlihy, Leicesters head of media, explains that story. Adam Bate met up with the fairytale finisher to discover the secrets to his training regime and why Kevin Phillips could be his inspiration (yes, really) Jamie Vardy is early for our interview. Im playing against centre-halves who are 6ft 4in and 6ft5in, so Im not going to win that many headers. 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. 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. When I asked him a couple of years ago whether he had given any thought to trying to score 100 Premier League goals, he genuinely had no idea how many he was on (63 was the answer). The only surprise was that they weren't anticipating the run. 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. I think youll be able to do it this season. Vardy rolls his eyes. It's been a busy time but Vardy remains calm. It took a 27-year-old Vardy all of three games to open his Premier League account by scoring Leicester's fourth goal in a dramatic 5-3 win against United. Rodgers loves the threat that Vardy gives Leicester. Vardy loves scoring goals but it has never turned into a personal crusade. 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? Vardy sniggers when I tell him that I watched all 99 of his Premier League goals the day before this interview, almost as if he wonders why anybody would want to do that. But Ive definitely benefitted from getting a full summer, relaxing, just completely clearing your head. The main part is pressing-wise. Do you know what I see it as? he says. 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. 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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. Thats not to say that Vardy is the same player. Leading from the front.. 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. Vardy has had his problems in the past, including an unsavoury incident in the summer, which he deeply regrets and apologised unreservedly for after he was caught making a racist remark in a casino, but he is determined to stay on the right path now. So I try a different approach and wonder whether he plays Fantasy Football. It is hard, almost impossible, to get Vardy to say anything overly positive about his goalscoring. I started with the kids, just giving them something to do during the day, and then I went a bit overboard, getting stuff in from Amazon. But he must know that defenders hate coming up against pace more than anything else? The same with a packet of sweets. Nah. Rightly so, thats up there. Billy, the French bulldog, hes sprinting in front of me. Watch Sky Sports for just 6.99. Yeah, I joined a league. It werent happening. Vardy likes numbers, as long as they have nothing to do with his goals. 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. 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. Even when I was injured. He texted me when I got the call up in May, saying: No pressure, one game, one goal! says Vardy, chuckling. 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. 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. Wowzers. Yeah, thats the only thing I changed when I was injured., Are you normally captain all the 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? 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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. You have doubts? 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 . Having had to fight his way to the top, he's in no rush to give it all up. That's what we said from the start. In an in-depth interview with Sky Sports as part of their 'Making it . We need to express ourselves.". 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. Just basically because it was on my swinger and I thought I did well to get a decent connection. Nah, theres just a cameraman there, Vardy says, grinning. Rebekah Vardy 'disappointed' by Wagatha Christie verdict, Rebekah Vardy has claimed that Coleen Rooney "weaponised" her fan base. Especially when Vardy and the team are keeping a lid on expectations. But Vardy is a proud man and it is hard to imagine him wanting to end a glorious Foxes career in the shadows. After agreeing to differ, we move on to the third goal and Vardy has walked right into this one. Literally as soon as it went in I was like, Here we go, and the spontaneous celebration just appeared from nowhere. Jamie Vardy interview: 'Winning the FA Cup with Leicester would be the Im like, Mate, you see this one when she said youre right, and this one when she said youre right? Jamie Vardy's route into professional football is anything but normal and so too is the Leicester City striker's matchday diet. I think we had Liverpool and then Man City and everybody was saying, This is when theyll falter. No. Jamie Vardy's incredible Leicester City career - 90min He has scored too many good goals with that foot, I say, for it to be called a swinger. It's always difficult to accept. A replacement gets signed., The bottom line is that Vardy has always felt happy and fulfilled at Leicester and, as things stand, it is hard to argue with his thinking. Its whatever they want to do as they get older. Ill probably be the only person to ever do it (like this)! he says. Maths was his favourite subject at school by a distance and, according to Vardy, he was flying when it came to teaching decimals and fractions to his children during lockdown. 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. Rodgers loves the threat that Vardy gives Leicester. For his part, Vardy is the third-highest scorer in Leicester's history and has defied the odds so many times. "A lot has changed," he says. 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. Ill probably be the only person to ever do it (like this)! he says. I stole the ball on the halfway line and just carried on running and then managed to get it in the far corner. Also, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 40 next month and still a goalscorer for AC Milan. So, like, when Im at football, its opposite to how I am here. But it is what they love and that hunger and desire is what is keeping them going. "I was training twice a week on a miserable, cold night," explains Vardy. I didnt even try to look on Saturday night, he says. 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. It's all specifically tailored for me. Thats fine by me, Vardy says. "So hopefully the legs will hold up. Leicesters Jamie Vardy says he made sure he replied to the England manager Roy Hodgsons congratulatory message after scoring in an 11th straight Premier League match. 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. I remember at school we went to an army camp for a day. Its some going, he says, after a bit of cajoling. The signings of Ahmed Musa and Islam Slimani have added competition in attack. The main part is pressing-wise. But that kind of thing (the numbers) is not really something that you pay attention to, Vardy says. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. ", 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. If he is disheartened at the current situation, it is understandable. Jamie Vardy In depth interview with portrait. I know Leicester City supporters share the respect we all have for a player of Kasper's standing after all his accomplishments as a footballer and captain and will join me in wishing him the very best for the next stage of his career in France with OGC Nice.". After scoring twice against Aston Villa in the last game before lockdown, Vardy moved onto 99, which means his 100th Premier League goal will almost certainly come behind closed doors. We have to win, otherwise, there is no chance of us staying up. So, like, when Im at football, its opposite to how I am here. A lot of them., So a third of them, says Vardy. We had loads of shuttle runs that we had to do, so Id just set them up in the garden, which is not advisable when youve got dogs, Vardy says. These are strange times for a former factory worker from Sheffield. Vardy loves scoring goals but it has never turned into a personal crusade. It werent happening. Show more Show more Live chat. 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 best outcome for everyone, however, would be for Vardy to rediscover some of the old magic. Theyre wrong. 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? Rebekah Vardy stopped taking kids to Jamie Vardy's football games due to cruel 'chants' Rebekah Vardy reveals she received 'abusive' threats over Wagatha Christie The former I'm a . In fact, it sounds like hes been teaching the teachers. 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. Ive had my mates say, Whats it going to be like when you score? I said, What do you mean? Yeah, but thats more when youve got a bit of time to properly concentrate. It was quite a close game (against Liverpool) up until that point. But what about the goal against West Ham at home, in the title-winning season, when he arrowed the ball into the far corner with his left foot? So I'd be doing a different drill to the centre-midfielders. I can remember that, Vardy says. 'It's never easy. Nah. The Leicester striker, who will be 32 in . Fucking hell, here we go Vardy says, laughing and shaking his head. While centre-back Maguire was engaging in a sit-down interview with the national press on Friday, Vardy piped up with a question of his own. Ive not got a clue where that came from. My life has changed, but Im not money-motivated at all; thats the last thing on my mind. As recently as 2012, Vardy was playing for Fleetwood in the Conference. Fucking hell, here we go Vardy says, laughing and shaking his head. So its perfect to see the whole journey.. You still need that hunger and desire to want more otherwise you are just going to let yourself go., There seems to be a greater longevity for players at the top of the game, not least Cristiano Ronaldo, newly-returned to the Premier League, who is 36. "Kids love. Hes got me playing slightly differently, Vardy says. Vardy also has another daughter, Ella, from a previous relationship. While centre-back Maguire was engaging in a sit-down interview with the national press on Friday, Vardy piped up with a question of his own. Ive had to do that on more than one occasion.. And it's like, 'no, surely this is not real. Jamie Vardy talk about LGBTQ - YouTube