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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Fisher

Jamie Vardy to leave Leicester City at end of the season after 13 years

Jamie Vardy with the Premier League trophy he won at Leicester in 2016.
Jamie Vardy with the Premier League trophy he won at Leicester in 2016. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

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 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 club’s supporters after relegation was confirmed with five games to play and described his own season as a “total embarrassment”.

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