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At 37 years of age, the English striker Jamie Vardy It is still news in the English football.
Last Monday, with a goal from him, Leicester, in which he is the main reference, tied 1-1 against Tottenham, a match that closed the first date of the 2024-2025 Premier League.
But beyond his annotation, Vardy, who joined the Foxes in 2012, scored 20 goals in 37 games during the 2023-2024 season and who managed to become champion of the second English division with this team, drew attention on Monday for his gestures and clash with the Argentine defender Cristian “Cuti” Romero.
When he was about to be substituted at the end of the game, and amidst boos from the Spurs fans, Vardy got on their nerves by showing them with his fingers the crest on the right sleeve of the shirt and the “1-0”, in reference to the historic Premier League achieved in 2016, and reminding them that the Tottenham has not yet won either the Premier League or the UEFA Champions League, the latter in which they reached the final in 2019 and lost to Liverpool.
Romero immediately became upset and asked him to leave the field. The verbal exchange, with insults between the two, did not take long to occur.
Vardy is the captain and idol of Leicester. In addition to the Premier League, he has already won an FA Cup and is the club’s third top scorer, with 191 goals in 465 games.
Jamie talked about what happened after the match ended.
“I got a bit of criticism during the game, but that’s part of football,” he told Sky Sports. “As long as they can accept it when I give it back, that’s all that matters.”
Jamie Vardy hopes to bring more joy to his fans when Leicester take on Fulham (9am).
