Vardy

[Jaspa]

Its what happens when your players play for England to be honest, even Ricky Lambert got picked up by Liverpool when he got in for a handful of games and a tourny.

 

Seems to be something of a clique mentality in England that comes about somehow. I wont boo or begrudge him a move, hes climbed mountains for us but I do hope it goes to shit with Arsenal again and I seriously want our contract negotiator shaken, he was top scorer in the Premier League and a main player in the Top placed team when this was scratched up, so we wack a 20mil tag on him? Worth so much more than that.

[Ric Flair]

I love being rude to people on Twitter. I'm gonna send a picture of my dog eating cow pat to him.

[Larry_LCFC]

Club legend really? I wouldn't go that far. He did bloody well for us last season but in my eyes, a legend consistently performs for years with absolute loyalty. King I would call a club legend, not someone who three weeks ago said he's staying and then suddenly ****s off when some cash is thrown about.

[m4DD0gg]

So? He said he was happy. Maybe he was, but maybe he's changed his mind and decided he'd be happier somewhere else.

 

It doesn't change what he's achieved for the club we're supposed to be supporting.

 

[HankMarvin]

Seriously? The first City player in 30 years to score 20 goals in the top flight in a season, the guy who was key to us getting promoted and staying up in the first place, then was central to our club's greatest ever achievement? If that's not worthy of applause for the rest of the guy's life - and, yes, streets, lounges, statues in his name - then I don't know what is.

 

I'm guessing you're just upset right now, and I'm sure you're a great fan of the club, but if you and others turned your backs on the guy just because he fancies an extra 50K a week at the last point in his career that he's likely to get it, after four (or, perhaps, three) years of being perhaps the most influential and important player ever to wear the shirt, then I don't think they'd be the actions of a good fan. Those who are blaming his wife are making themselves look even more absurd. I will love Vardy, Mahrez, Kante for the rest of my days, and they'd have to go a long way to make me ever feel even remotely bitter about the choices they made over the remainder of their careers.

Can I have some of what your smoking please

Nugent was top goalscorer in the championship so certainly a more key player

Staying up in the first place

5 goals all season 3 from Xmas 14/15

I think it's a huge discredit to the others involved as well as inaccurate to put our recent success down to a player that has flourished for one season

[BlueSi13]

Whatever happens £20m is absolute chump change for any Premier League team now.  Major changes need to be made to our contract negotiations in future because we are being completely mugged off.

[Corky]

If i was Jamie reading some of the comments on this thread, i'd be walking straight down to Arsenal and signing up.

 

It's just embarrassing reading such derogatory comments.

 

Good luck to him i say, if he stays great! if he goes, then i he should be made welcome whenever he visits.

 

true legend.

 

He could also read plenty of the comments saying that he's a club legend and they'll applaud and wish him well in future. A few people who are pissed off shouldn't represent all our views.

[foxes_rule1978]

He could also read plenty of the comments saying that he's a club legend and they'll applaud and wish him well in future. A few people who are pissed off shouldn't represent all our views.

He will find that if he turns down Arsenal then he will be more loved than ever

[Poznan34]

There's a wider issue here that depresses me more than the actual transfer. It seemed like we had sparked others believing the elite could be beaten. And that it wouldn't take huge money to do so.

Instead we have Vardy going to a side who haven't won the league since 04 and have fans on the manager's back. This and the shit Soton look like they'll go through again makes me think the so called big clubs can never truly be beaten. Just have to enjoy mixing with them whilst we can.

 

This is spot on. 

[inckley fox]

Delph was as much a part of Villa's side as Vardy has been to ours. Take the relevant successes of both ourselves and Villa out of it, but they're both key in their own right. Delph was their captain at the end of the day.

If we're being completely objective, it's virtually the same.

I have a huge respect and appreciation for Vardy, as I do for everyone who has contributed this season, make no mistake about that. If he goes he goes. Forfeits a pretty fair amount of my personal respect, maintains my appreciation. I think that's fair.

 

But it isn't. Vardy won the league with us, by far the greatest moment in our history. The comparison would have to be with Villa players in their best ever side (so, the one that won the European Cup in the 80s, perhaps). When Ron Saunders, for example, left as their manager after winning the league a year earlier, he wasn't hailed as a traitor or a snake; he was hailed as a great loss, and a man who was instrumental in their greatest ever moment. The same goes for Vardy. We can't just look at all people who are instrumental in all sides as being of equal importance, either objectively or subjectively. I mean, Matty Fryatt was essential to our relative success in the third tier, but his departure wasn't 'virtually the same' as Vardy's, (probably) departure, clearly. 

[Jace]

If what Vardy has done this season doesn't class him as a legend I don't know what does, what he did in 2014-15 already did with me 

[Tuna]

Claudio has confirmed its all true. If there was no interest from vardy, it would have been put to bed by now.

He's obviously been talking about loyalty with Fabian delph.

He's gone, forget him we'll have a younger and better replacement for next season.

[Countryfox]

Never get to enjoy things for long here do we .......

[EGBFitness]

Unlike Delph last season, Vardy has just been key to our greatest ever achievement. That means a lot to people who stood with 8000 others on a wet January afternoon as Pleat's Leicester lost again to Blackburn Rovers. He's let nobody down, and if - in spite of the best intentions to stay - someone comes up with an incredible offer which does turn his head, then I don't think that makes him a snake. You can be disappointed, of course, you can disagree with his decision, but if you're a Leicester fan then it's a bit silly to start getting bitter about the club selling players to other clubs who are offering them more money and longer contracts.

If we want to get into an argument about the morality of Vardy leaving, then certainly the fans who have abused his wife, called him a snake, threatened to boo him, or actually did boo him in his first year at the club, have done us few favours. He, on the other hand, helped give us the most wonderful moment of our lives. The fact that he said he wanted to stay and then, at some point, may have changed his mind doesn't change this.

Mate it feels like you've seen half the convo and jumped on something by taking it the complete wrong way.

Of course there is no comparison to the achievement of ours and what contribution Vardy has done to that. The point being made was as Delph, Vardy signed a new co tract mid way through a season and has publicly spoken about how he wants to stay at Leicester and not having his head turned etc etc which if reports are true, less than a month later joining a league rival.

[MC Prussian]

Claudio Ranieri when asked about Arsenal's approach for Jamie Vardy: "It's all true." (Source: La Gazzetta dello Sport)

 

Quoted here, as well:

http://www.calciomercato.it/news/383479/leicester-ranieri-conferma-larsenal-su-vardy-tutto-vero.html

[HankMarvin]

Never get to enjoy things for long here do we .......

Imagine if we choked winning the league and then Vardy left

[Sir Shep]

So Arsenal will have 2 English players at the euros who've played something like one game between them for the club all season!

[shade]

all this commotion over some paper talk, it's estrogen central up in here!

[FoxCal]

But it isn't. Vardy won the league with us, by far the greatest moment in our history. The comparison would have to be with Villa players in their best ever side (so, the one that won the European Cup in the 80s, perhaps). When Ron Saunders, for example, left as their manager after winning the league a year earlier, he wasn't hailed as a traitor or a snake; he was hailed as a great loss, and a man who was instrumental in their greatest ever moment. The same goes for Vardy. We can't just look at all people who are instrumental in all sides as being of equal importance, either objectively or subjectively. I mean, Matty Fryatt was essential to our relative success in the third tier, but his departure wasn't 'virtually the same' as Vardy's, (probably) departure, clearly.

I don't entirely disagree with what you're saying, but Delph moving on (as well as a number of other things, admittedly) has contributed to Villa's relegation. Vardy, as well as a number of other players have contributed to our success. I'm not begrudging him a move, my concern is the ease of which he seems to be finding it to do one thing after saying another.

I never liked Fryatt too much. Grateful for his League One campaign, but that was his level.

[inckley fox]

Club legend really? I wouldn't go that far. He did bloody well for us last season but in my eyes, a legend consistently performs for years with absolute loyalty. King I would call a club legend, not someone who three weeks ago said he's staying and then suddenly ****s off when some cash is thrown about.

 

You're confusing loyalty with greatness. He achieved more for us in his four years than Chandler or Cross ever did. In fact, more than virtually any of the hundreds of adored players in our history did (the rest of the current team being the clear exceptions). By your measure of 'legendary' status, we would have to place the likes of Ali Mauchlen on a higher pedestal than Gary McAllister, Alan Smith or Derek Dougan. The Hall of Fame wouldn't be up to much. Try applying this logic to Manchester United. Is Ronaldo less of a club legend for them than Phil Neville, who was perfectly consistent and loyal for an eternity?

 

And how would it apply to managers? Would George Johnson, Peter Hodge and Jimmy Bloomfield be legends, but not Martin O'Neill and Claudio Ranieri?

 

Of course he's a club legend. If he signs for Arsenal, scores a hat trick against us and tells us all to f*** off and die he'll still be a club legend. But all he's doing is looking at a more lucrative offer than ours and, at a late stage in his career, wondering whether he might need to prise himself away from a club he feels a lot of affection for. But I'd hope his importance to Leicester City is beyond question and I'd hope our fans can be dignified enough to appreciate that.

[Strokes]

Nah, you'd pay more than that..

you are not helping negotiations.

[MrSpaM]

I think the only way he's going to stay is if we can promise him we aren't selling Kante and mahrez and match arsenal's wages

[Fox 4 Life]

Express saying medical tomorrow and that **** wilshere persuaded him

If he moves that quickly he can FOAD.

[shade]

I think the only way he's going to stay is if we can promise him we aren't selling Kante and mahrez and match arsenal's wages

I promise we're not selling kante and Mahrez and we'll match arsenals wages. done.

[Larry_LCFC]

You're confusing loyalty with greatness. He achieved more for us in his four years than Chandler or Cross ever did. In fact, more than virtually any of the hundreds of adored players in our history did (the rest of the current team being the clear exceptions). By your measure of 'legendary' status, we would have to place the likes of Ali Mauchlen on a higher pedestal than Gary McAllister, Alan Smith or Derek Dougan. The Hall of Fame wouldn't be up to much. Try applying this logic to Manchester United. Is Ronaldo less of a club legend for them than Phil Neville, who was perfectly consistent and loyal for an eternity?

 

And how would it apply to managers? Would George Johnson, Peter Hodge and Jimmy Bloomfield be legends, but not Martin O'Neill and Claudio Ranieri?

 

Of course he's a club legend. If he signs for Arsenal, scores a hat trick against us and tells us all to f*** off and die he'll still be a club legend. But all he's doing is looking at a more lucrative offer than ours and, at a late stage in his career, wondering whether he might need to prise himself away from a club he feels a lot of affection for. But I'd hope his importance to Leicester City is beyond question and I'd hope our fans can be dignified enough to appreciate that.

The class of 92 are all legends for United. Ronaldo was a great player for them but I wouldn't class him as a legend. The term is banded around far too much.