{"id":58137,"date":"2025-04-28T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/58137\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:32:09","slug":"jamie-vardy-plotting-shock-premier-league-transfer-as-ex-england-star-38-confirms-leicester-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/58137\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Vardy &#8216;plotting shock Premier League transfer&#8217; as ex-England star, 38, confirms Leicester exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JAMIE VARDY believes that he can still play in the Premier League and does not want to drop down to the Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/jamie-vardy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vardy<\/a>, 38, confirmed that he would be leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/team\/1196651\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leicester City<\/a> after 13 years, with the Foxes relegated from the top flight with a whimper. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jamie Vardy of Leicester City celebrating a goal.\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/crop-34634675_262e0d.jpg\" data-caption=\"Vardy will blow the whistle on his 13-year stay at Leicester\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/crop-34634675_262e0d.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Vardy will blow the whistle on his 13-year stay at LeicesterCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jamie Vardy of Leicester City running during a soccer match.\" height=\"960\" width=\"768\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stuart-leggett-mi-news-alamy-990047047.jpg\" data-caption=\"Vardy was powerless to stop the Foxes falling to another defeat at Wolves\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stuart-leggett-mi-news-alamy-990047047.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Vardy was powerless to stop the Foxes falling to another defeat at WolvesCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34621558\/jamie-vardy-leicester-exit-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The striker brandished the campaign a \u201cs***show\u201d<\/a> before announcing he was leaving in an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34621558\/jamie-vardy-leicester-exit-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> emotional farewell message.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Foxes&#8217; fate was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34545559\/leicester-relegated-premier-league-van-nistelrooy-cooper\/#:~:text=LEICESTER%20CITY%20have%20been%20relegated,England&#039;s%20second%20tier%20next%20season.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sealed when they failed to beat champions Liverpool at home<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>His spell at the King Power Stadium included winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/premierleague\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> title in 2015-16, to go along with his Player of the Season and place in the PFA Team of the Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2019-20 on 23 goals, one ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/pierre-emerick-aubameyang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vardy has scored seven goals in 32 games this term for Leicester.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had previously been tipped to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34634640\/jamie-vardy-transfer-wrexham-leicester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cthe most obvious transfer of all time\u201d to Wrexham<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/betting\/32916258\/best-free-bets-sign-up-offers-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1916860484877222144\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Sky Sports<\/a> reported that Vardy does not want to drop down to the second tier, instead fancying himself to keep doing the business in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>He had previously been linked with a move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/major-league-soccer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Soccer<\/a>, while former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/team\/1196652\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/harry-redknapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Redknapp<\/a> believes that should Vardy join Wrexham, owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/ryan-reynolds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Reynolds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/rob-mcelhenney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob McElhenney<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34682899\/harry-redknapp-jamie-vardy-wrexham-premier-league-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">striker could fire the Welsh side into the Premier League<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham were promoted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> last weekend after they beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/team\/1550347\/charlton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlton Athletic<\/a> 3-0 at the Racecourse Ground. <\/p>\n<p> Jamie Vardy reveals best XI he&#8217;s played with at Leicester with huge snub to England stars and entire current squad<\/p>\n<p>He has also been touted for a fairytale return to his boyhood club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/team\/1225980\/sheffield-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Vardy, who won 26 caps for England, scoring seven times, is reported to begin his hunt for a new club after the end of the league season.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JAMIE VARDY believes that he can still play in the Premier League and does not want to 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