{"id":248581,"date":"2025-07-08T17:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/248581\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:46:17","slug":"youll-find-out-wrexham-dealt-jamie-vardy-blow-as-alternative-club-hint-at-surprise-swoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/248581\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You&#8217;ll find out&#8217; &#8211; Wrexham dealt Jamie Vardy blow as alternative club hint at surprise swoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rangers boss Russell Martin has refused to rule out a move for free agent Jamie Vardy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The evergreen striker, who left <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113089\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leicester City<\/a> at the end of last season after 13 years at the club, has been linked with a move to Championship new boys <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/1480658\/wrexham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrexham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jamie Vardy is a wanted man with Rangers the latest club to show an interest in the free agent\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jamie-vardy-leicester-city-celebrates-966879642.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jamie Vardy is a wanted man with Rangers the latest club to show an interest in the free agent\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jamie-vardy-leicester-city-celebrates-966879642.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Vardy is a wanted man with Rangers the latest club to show an interest in the free agentCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old netted 145 <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> goals for the Foxes but could do little to stop Midlands side slipping into second tier for the second time in three years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113507\/rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers<\/a> are the latest name to be linked with a move for the ex-England international and Martin remained coy on his attempts to bolster his attack this summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;ve been asked about so many players,&#8221; he said following a pre-season friendly against Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some miles away, some on the money. So, basically, I&#8217;m not going to give you an answer on that. But I guess you&#8217;ll find out who&#8217;s real and who&#8217;s not in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham\u2019s interest in Vardy has been apparent since the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>Vardy knows his way around the Championship and would be a welcome addition for the Welsh club.<\/p>\n<p>It would, however, mean Vardy would make a quick return to the King Power Stadium when Wrexham travel to Leicester in September.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League title winner could opt to try his hand outside of English football which would boost Rangers\u2019 hopes of landing him.<\/p>\n<p>However, both Rangers and Wrexham could face competition for the star\u2019s signature with Serie A side Genoa in contention, according to reports in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Genoa sporting director, Flavio Ricciardella, is reportedly keen on bringing Vardy to Italy but boss <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/patrick-vieira\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Vieira<\/a> reportedly vetoed the move.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russell Martin refused to be drawn on the links with Vardy\" height=\"610\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/russell-martin-manager-southampton-looks-928995133_6c5301.jpg\" data-caption=\"Russell Martin refused to be drawn on the links with Vardy\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/russell-martin-manager-southampton-looks-928995133_6c5301.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Russell Martin refused to be drawn on the links with VardyCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson knows his side would benefit hugely from Vardy's experience\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751996776_264_crop-2199019.jpg\" data-caption=\"Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson knows his side would benefit hugely from Vardy's experience\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751996776_264_crop-2199019.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson knows his side would benefit hugely from Vardy&#8217;s experienceCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Vardy remains in no doubt that he can still cut it at the highest level following his most recent top-flight spell with Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You never know what&#8217;s going to happen. I&#8217;ll keep going until my legs tell me I need to stop. My legs are fine. I&#8217;m doing a sport that I love, it&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve done since I was a little kid so long may that continue,\u201d he told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can speak to my family and they&#8217;ll all say I&#8217;m emotionless,\u201d he sid about his career at Leicester. \u201cIt might do at the end of the game or whatever, but until that happens, I&#8217;m literally just focused on the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t get a chance to look back on it. It&#8217;s about seeing out the season with momentum to start next season. I keep saying it and it&#8217;s weird, but you don&#8217;t get a chance to look back on it. Because you&#8217;re in it, the season finishes, you shut off completely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mentally and physically, it&#8217;s a killer. It does you in. So by the time you&#8217;ve then had your couple of weeks to switch off, you&#8217;re then back in, getting ready for the new season. So it just keeps rolling into one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vardy has shown he has lost none of his appetite whilst training ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jamie Vardy has been working hard on his fitness ahead of the new season\" height=\"716\" width=\"448\" data-credit=\"vardy7\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Vardy.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jamie Vardy has been working hard on his fitness ahead of the new season\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Vardy.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Vardy has been working hard on his fitness ahead of the new seasonCredit: vardy7<\/p>\n<p>The striker has posted a series of clips to his Instagram account of his rigorous training sessions as he puts himself in the shop window for potential suitors.<\/p>\n<p>One video shows him receiving the ball on the half-turn before firing a thunderous effort into the top corner.<\/p>\n<p>He has just three-and-a-half weeks to land himself either a Scottish Premiership or Championship new club if he wants to be available for the opening weekend of the season.<\/p>\n<p>A move to Genoa would allow him a further three weeks of preparation time with Serie A kicking off on August 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rangers boss Russell Martin has refused to rule out a move for free agent Jamie Vardy. 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