- Vardy has established himself as one of football’s biggest clearance traders.
- He has admitted that he likes to provoke a reaction among opposition supporters.
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Jamie Vardy says he wants to be remembered for “causing a carnage” when he finally hangs up his boots.
The 37-year-old has been a headache for many defenders on his way to plundering more than 190 goals for Leicester City, writing one of the greatest rags-to-riches stories ever told along the way.
And he admits he revels in the role of the proverbial pantomime villain, slaying opposition zealots who love to hate him.
“If you get a bit of stick then you’ve got to be prepared to take it back,” says Vardy, who hopes to provoke a reaction from Manchester United fans in Leicester’s Carabao Cup clash at Old Trafford tonight.
“I’m probably motivated by being booed like other people are motivated by being applauded. I love it. It’s football, people will cheer you on and you’ll stick, so why not use it? You get the stick, so the first thing I think about after scoring is giving it back to me. It’s there, it’s an atmosphere where you can thrive.”
Jamie Vardy has admitted that he loves being booed by opposition fans as it fuels him.
Vardy has played the pantomime villain his entire career and has no intention of stopping
After starting out in non-league, Vardy didn’t play in the Premier League until he was 27, but he not only won a league title but scored 140 top-flight goals, hot on the heels of luminaries such as Robin van Persie. , Teddy Sheringham and Michael Owen. He has scored four more this season and he likes nothing more than celebrating those moments in front of the rival fans.
When asked what the most satisfying fan base is to end with, Vardy replied: “Everyone!” No matter who we play, you can guarantee they will abuse me.
However, speaking with Men with jacketsVardy admitted that one celebration he particularly enjoyed was at West Brom, the season Leicester won the league.
“There was a guy who ran down about 56 stairs to try to get to me on the field, so I stood there in the corner with my arms up and smiling.
“At Southampton, after we won the other week, it seemed like I was laughing at every single one of them, but there was literally just one guy who ran up to the front like he was about to start a fight in a drunken place. But the guys Gorillas had caught him at the door and that’s why I laughed at him.
Vardy enjoyed celebrating in front of West Brom fans during Leicester’s title-winning season.
Vardy laughed at a Southampton fan after Leicester’s recent victory at St Mary’s.
“They are all good moments that encourage the fans. It’s football, you have to have that fun side.”
Vardy, who joked that he would like James Corden to play him in a film of his life, says he is happy to take criticism if it helps deflect it from his teammates and when asked how he would like to be remembered by fans After his race, he mischievously said: ‘he created a carnage.’
He will be planning to apply that mantra against United tonight.
