Jamie Vardy to leave Leicester City at end of the season after 13 years
He won the Premier League and FA Cup with the club
Striker not retiring and thought to have interest from US
Jamie Vardy will leave Leicester City at the end of the season with memories to “last a lifetime” after 13 years with the club, but has insisted he is not retiring. The 38-year-old, regarded as the club’s greatest-ever player, was central to winning the Premier League against all odds in 2016 and the FA Cup in 2021.
Vardy signed a 12-month extension last summer after promotion as champions from the Championship but this campaign has been a struggle. This week he apologised to the supporters after relegation was confirmed with five games to play and described his own season as a “total embarrassment”.
Vardy’s story is one of the most famous in the modern era, the player having joined Leicester from non-league Fleetwood for £1m in 2012 and gone on to cement himself as an England international and one of the best strikers in the Premier League. He has scored 198 goals in 496 appearances for Leicester.
