Leicester city legend Jamie vardy has decided to stay in the club one more year. Jamie Vardy signs new contract with Leicester city.
Jamie Vardy will have the chance to add to his 136 Premier League goals after leicester city announced that the former England striker has renewed his contract for one year.
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The 37-year-old has being at the club for 12 years, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and two championship titles. The foxes sealed an immediate return to the Premier League last season.
Jamie Vardy is set to play one more season of Premier League football after agreeing a new one-year contract with Leicester city.
The deal he signed will keep him at the club till June 2025 to extend a highly successful spell in the east midlands since arriving from Fleetwood town in 2012.
Vardy expressing his happiness for a renewal of contract
Jamie Vardy has expressed his happiness for signing another one year deal at Leicester city. He went further to say that he is looking forward to another season in the Premier League and seeing what they can do in the best league in the world.
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Vardy played a pivotal role in helping the foxes to secure an immediate return to the Premier League after relegation in the 2022/23 campaign, scoring 20 goals in all competitions as the club won the championship title.
The foxes striker has played a key role in arguably the best spell in Leicester city’s history, as his 24 goals across all competitions in the 2015/16 season helped the club claim its first-ever Premier League title
Jamie Vardy, leicester’s talisman
Vardy broke Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s record by scoring in 11 consecutive Premier League games in 2015. Ironically, he surpassed the Dutchman’s feat in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
Vardy’s goals played a vital role in the following season to help the club reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, with the frontman scoring a vital away goal to help Leicester overcome Sevilla in the last 16.
Vardy went ahead to break new grounds again after helping Leicester win their FA Cup in the 2020-21 season, as the foxes claimed consecutive top-five finishes under Brendan Rodgers.
More achievements and success followed in the 2021 community shield, as Leicester beat Manchester city 1-0 at Wembley Stadium, in the campaign where the club still got to UEFA conference league semi-finals.
The English striker currently sits 15th in the all-time list of Premier League goalscorers with 136 goals, surpassing Jimmy Floyd who is in the 16th place with 9 goals and eight fewer than Robin van Persie in 14th.
Reasons behind vardy’s contract extention
It is certain that vardy would end up becoming a Legend before leaving the club, having played for the club for 12 years. Vardy has suffered with the club in their downtimes, and he has helped them achieve some success.
It looked as though it was the end for the club and vardy the moment they were relegated to the championship, but they were resilient and persistent.
Through their hard work and determination they were able to book their place back to the Premier League and not only that, they proved that they are the best among the best by lifting the championship title.
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Jamie Vardy seeing that the love for the club is still there, he decided to stay at the king power stadium.
Vardy loves challenges, he was able to achieve the things he achieved in the Premier League because he saw competition and he competed.
Seeing his club back to the top, gave him that optimism that greater things can be achieved, despite his age, he still wants to be the best among the best and still ready to take the team and club to the next level.
Who is Jamie Vardy
Jamie Richard Vardy is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker or forwarder for Premier League club Leicester city. Considered by many as one of the best strikers in the world in his prime, vardy is known for his prolific Goalscoring ability aided by his pace, intelligent positioning, timing and clinical finishing ability.
Vardy signed for Leicester city in the championship in May 2012 for a non league record transfer fee of one million Euros, and helped the team win the championship in 2014.
In 2015/16 Premier League season, he scored in 11 consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record, and was voted the Premier League player of the season and FWA footballer of the year as Leicester won the title.
He won the league Golden boot for the 2019-20 season, becoming the oldest player to win the award.
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By playing in the 2021 FA Cup final, he became the first ever player to play in every round of the competition, from the preliminary stages to the final.
Jamie Vardy made his international debut for the England National team in June 2015 and was selected for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
His last appearance for England was at the latter tournament, and later that summer, he asked not to be chosen for any more squads, unless there was an injury crisis.
Due to his contributions and hard work, the team [Leicester city] are happy to offer him another contract extention. On june 2024, Vardy announced he had signed a new one-year contract with the club, keeping him at the club till june 2025.
