We know weve got to finish it off. He's embracing Champions League football for the first time now too. Rebekah Vardy recently lost a libel battle against Coleen Rooney in the "Wagatha Christie" trial before giving a bombshell interview and husband Jamie has broken his silence for a departing teammate. 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. 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 . Jamie Vardy: A Hollywood movie about me? I missed out by one, he says. That one is there just because of what it meant. 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? Youre not going to if youre on your own. One a year. 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. You name it. In an in-depth interview with Sky Sports as part of their. When he has figured this season, Vardy has cut a frustrated figure, not quite able to outrun defenders as in his best days. Also, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 40 next month and still a goalscorer for AC Milan. He knows he can't go on forever. But that kind of thing (the numbers) is not really something that you pay attention to, Vardy says. You dont want to be stuck on it for a few games, like the cricketer who is on 99 not out for 20 balls.. Jamie Vardy accompanied his wife at court on Tuesday 6. Just seen as one of the other parents. Id say, T (Taylor, Vardys 10-year-old son), have you done your maths? 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? The weight never changes.. Yeah. 4. I should press when we know weve got a chance of winning the ball. I knew even when I went back to training that theyd definitely save maths for when I got home, he says. Wrights post-30 goals record is 93. You see the season weve had up until now, its been pretty good, he says. "We want to get to 40 points first. For his part, Vardy is the third-highest scorer in Leicester's history and has defied the odds so many times. People come, people go. Does he play to Vardy's strengths, despite his advancing years? 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 potatoes have just been dug up and brought inside. So you just have to try to be as positive as possible.. pic.twitter.com/leDftT6EYS. 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. . 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. Running each day until the new season begins, The Premier League 60 is designed to reflect and honour the greatest . 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. Although Vardy would happily brush over all the talk about being on the verge of scoring a landmark goal and joining an exclusive club, it is an achievement that deserves more attention than that. The attention might be constant. My agent, John (Morris), mentioned it at the start of the season because hes like you he likes mentioning things. Vardy remains comfortably Leicester's top earner and has another season on his contract. So I try a different approach and wonder whether he plays Fantasy Football. The Leicester striker, who will be 32 in . I think we had Liverpool and then Man City and everybody was saying, This is when theyll falter. Let me have a look what youve sent in. Jamie Vardy credits his fiancee, Becky, with calming him down and improving his diet and lifestyle. His landmark goal against United came almost four years to the day since he scored in front of 768 people at Gateshead. But Vardy is a proud man and it is hard to imagine him wanting to end a glorious Foxes career in the shadows. The Premier League 60: No 41, Jamie Vardy. 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. Id say, T (Taylor, Vardys 10-year-old son), have you done your maths? But it doesn't really affect things too much. "We've not really had a day off," says Vardy. I was quite happy with that, he reflects. But working with England will help to keep his game sharp - "being around the country's best players can only help" - and, importantly, he still gives the impression that he's a player keen to learn. Me, Im just like, Hell do. If he is disheartened at the current situation, it is understandable. The only surprise was that they weren't anticipating the run. 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. I think youd want to get it as early as possible anyway, Vardy says. I tell Vardy that Im busy with children too, but I still watched the goals. 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. I think Ive adapted my game for the better. 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. He joined The Athletic as a Senior Writer in 2019. But some of the messages were unbelievable., Roy Hodgson, who was at the United match, left a voicemail and sent a text I made sure I replied to him, Vardy says, smiling yet it was the gracious response from the man whose achievement he had just eclipsed that meant the most. Jamie Vardys excellent volley in #lcfc's 4-1 victory over West Brom has won the Carling @PremierLeague Goal of the Month for March! So he does think highly of himself after all. No contract. Ive gone through them and his teacher has sent a message back. Im like, Mate, you see this one when she said youre right, and this one when she said youre right? Probably not. Vardy also has another daughter, Ella, from a previous relationship. Thats fine, I just want to see what youve sent in., Vardy smiles. 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. For example, if theres a packet of crisps, youre going to eat them. I come home and Im a family guy. A lot of them., So a third of them, says Vardy. He parried it into the side-netting for me.. But then, Vardy isn't the typical footballer. Ive not got a clue where that came from. Ive had my mates say, Whats it going to be like when you score? I said, What do you mean? Ive got into it a bit too much, I think, the Leicester striker tells The Athletic. You only gave me three choices! Vardy says. Teams are more wary of what we're about now. I was like, Ive not got time for that.. 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? This is not a rarity for Maguire, nicknamed Slabhead or Breezeblock at City, who is often the victim of Vardys mickey-taking. 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. 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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. Its not my strong foot, is it? Vardy replies. 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