An open letter to Jamie Vardy ( and any other player who thinks the grass is greener elsewhere

[Vardinio'sCat]

Much as I like Vardy, and have fully supported him since he arrived, if he doesn't want to be here anymore, I'd prefer him out.

 

Good chance he'll end up like Lambert, Delph, Bony, etc anyway, by sitting on the bench each week for his £150k a week salary.

 

And if anyone mentions money, he's on 4 MILLION A YEAR here!!!!! That's £16m over this contract. If he were a businessman people would be calling him a disgusting fat cat.

 

Plus is says a lot for our supposed 'we are like brothers' and 'our fantastic team spirit' if he decides to go. Maybe that's a much hyped load of bollox.

 

Finally, agents should be banned from football. They cause nothing but disharmony, unrest and bad spirit. 

 

 I'm sick of seeing people quote 16mill, ever heard of the taxman?

 

Slag him off for roughly 10mill all you like, that is fair enough... but at least get your facts right.

 

Don't take it personally, but I have just seen this quoted repeatedly, and it is a misrepresentation of the facts on the ground.

[Donut]

Being in the top four and challenging for the title are different things. They've not put together a proper sustained challenge for a decade now - they've consistently fallen away at the changing of the clocks. Liverpool and Spurs have put up better title challenges than they have in the last decade. 

 

Look at Arsenals response to winning vs us in February - celebrated like they'd won the league: shows the level they're at, that getting close to second with a third of the season to go is a great success worth of a victory lap of the pitch. There's a culture of failure around that club, and Jose absolutely nailed it when he pinned it to Wenger.

 

So youre saying Arsenal are in no position to challenge for the title then?

[Vardinio'sCat]

If the numbers I have read are correct 80k per week here vs 120k per week at Arsenal.

Who can blame him? Some say at this level money is out the window but who would honestly turn down 40k per week for 4 years.

Or 8.3 million quid.

For what is essentially the same job, who would turn it down?

Jamie has given us some of the best memories we are ever likely to have as Leicester fans and I for one couldn't begrudge any of our players, who have given us everything this year, moving on and trying their hand at one of the biggest clubs in Europe.

I just hope if he does go, when he plays at the KP next season he gets a round of applause pre and post match and not idiots booing every time he touches the ball.

 

Seen quotes of 60k basic, 70k, as well as the 80k we are all assuming. Doubling your money is something most of us would seriously consider, and he has forced the counter offer I suspect is at the heart of the matter.

 

Good adult post, one of the few. If you can keep your head, while all about are losing theirs... respect.

[Leicesterpool]

If Vardy leaves Leicester, people will look at him as another greedy footballer. What's made Vardy and his story popular is how he came from a working class playing on mud bath pitches in non league being paid nothing from them clubs. Suddenly within a matter of four years he came from all that to the big time and helped a... well of course not a small club but an unfancied team like Leicester from the championship to the premier league title. 

[The Doctor]

So youre saying Arsenal are in no position to challenge for the title then?

I'm saying until they have a massive sea change they'll never do more than their usual season - challenging till mid February them fall away and go out in the last 16 of the CL, the players and manager are clearly happy with that and don't have the right mindset to go further.

[Donut]

I'm saying until they have a massive sea change they'll never do more than their usual season - challenging till mid February them fall away and go out in the last 16 of the CL, the players and manager are clearly happy with that and don't have the right mindset to go further.

 

But they are still more likely to make a title challenge than Leicester? surely even you concede this.

 

Probably not

[Vardinio'sCat]

Dear Jamie

 

Having slept on it feck you. Such a greedy nasty piece of shit. You have made yourself look like a right judas cvnt and i am talking Brian little/Mark McGhee proportions.

Even if this arsenal deal falls through I still don't want you here. You have burnt your bridges.

Ones I feel sorry far are your so called band of brothers, the fans and the club who have played a huge role in elevating you to this level.

For these reasons you are not a Leicester legend. Making it quite clear only 3 weeks ago you love it and are staying only to be turned at the first hand after being touted and rejected by other clubs is not the stuff of a legend no matter how many goals you have scored.......genuinely makes me feel sick.

Either way good riddance you judas pikey chav cvnt. Hope this ruins you and your hideous money grabbing wife. 

 

One day when you are long forgotten after failing at Arsenal and your wife has rinsed you we will see a piece in a shit tabloid paper of you back in that factory in your 50's with no family, no friends and just a box of regret.

 

Yours Sincerely....

 

Show a bit of class yourself, and save it til it is actually confirmed.

[Donut]

I'm saying until they have a massive sea change they'll never do more than their usual season - challenging till mid February them fall away and go out in the last 16 of the CL, the players and manager are clearly happy with that and don't have the right mindset to go further.

 

The original question was who was going to be likely to consistently challenge for trophies, and you seem to be saying its more likely to be Leicester than Arsenal

[Vardinio'sCat]

The new professionals are briefed by an adviser at LCFC among the guidance they are given is the length of a player career, something silly like 6 years on average, 33 per cent of players get divorced within a year of retiring, 40 per cent are declared bankrupt within five years of playing their last game, and 80 per cent will suffer from osteoarthritis. Stats from a players charity.

 

 

Great context, well done

[The Doctor]

But they are still more likely to make a title challenge than Leicester? surely even you concede this.

 

Probably not

They're not going to make a title challenge any time soon. So not really. They're more likely to get top four than we are, but they're not a title winning side, and they're miles away from being one

[Donut]

They're not going to make a title challenge any time soon. So not really. They're more likely to get top four than we are, but they're not a title winning side, and they're miles away from being one

 

I dont think many people would agree with you.

[Koke]

Great player for us. Will look back on his football here with fondness.

Not the most endearing person and not someone I ever warmed to. I haven't warmed to Drinkwater either for other reasons.

At this point I don't care if he goes or not. I'm bored of it all.

[Hubert]

It's not sour grapes at all - so long as Wenger is in charge they'll not put together anything more than the collapse come March when a top 4 points tally has been reached... There's a losing mentality there and has been for the best part of a decade, if not more. Insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting different results and all that, and by that definition Wenger is completely insane.

 

This.

 

Arsenal won't win the league until they change the manager and the medical/sports science staff.

[Chrysalis]

guys sorry to say, he is gone.

 

I dont think its a good move for vardy I do know he was told by the england manager if he moved to a bigger club it would help his england situation (last autumn).  So I can only think his two motivations are either money or securing his place for england.

 

Sadly the england squad is a big boys club, if a player from a team like ours gets in that squad, its because they need to tap him up.

 

Drinky is staying, hence he lost his place.

 

Here he had king status, adored by everyone, secured a good contract and was in a team on the up in pot 1 CL.   Arsenal may well finish above us next season but no way will they be champions even with vardy.  A lot of neutrals are even saying they dont understand why he is moving.

[AyewJoking]

So you dont think Arsenal are in a position to challenge for the title more consistently than Leicester, despite Arsenal being in amongst the top 4 every single season, and Leicester win the title once?

 

the fact arsenal are in the top 4 every season suggests they have the same chance as challenging for the title as west brom

[AyewJoking]

guys sorry to say, he is gone.

 

I dont think its a good move for vardy I do know he was told by the england manager if he moved to a bigger club it would help his england situation (last autumn).  So I can only think his two motivations are either money or securing his place for england.

 

Sadly the england squad is a big boys club, if a player from a team like ours gets in that squad, its because they need to tap him up.

 

Drinky is staying, hence he lost his place.

 

Here he had king status, adored by everyone, secured a good contract and was in a team on the up in pot 1 CL.   Arsenal may well finish above us next season but no way will they be champions even with vardy.  A lot of neutrals are even saying they dont understand why he is moving.

 

if he plays all season left wing for arsenal he will be much better playing left wing for england

[Donut]

the fact arsenal are in the top 4 every season suggests they have the same chance as challenging for the title as west brom

 

It obviously doesnt does it, because if youre in the top 4 consistently, youre consistently close to the top of the league.

 

People on this forum just deliberately try to anal

[Sharpe's Foxes]

So...!!

So you were talking nonsense when you said we've heard nothing from Ranieri.

[WigstonWanderer]

Capable of creating the world.. and has done NOTHING for 2000 years.

 

Dont want - Wont fit our work ethic!

Haha, thought it might be nailed on!

[Hack]

We always were and still are in danger of losing our most valuable assets to other clubs and in Vardy's case and the release clause in effect, it's ultimately his choice whether he goes or stays. Seeing that he's actually considering a move away by holding talks with Arsenal is somewhat disappointing (how could you do this to the club that nurtured you and gave you the chance on the big stage, you may ask), but let's not pretend this could've never happened at a different time or in a different place.

 

It might as well be other influences that are telling Vardy to jump ship and seek more money elsewhere. Because in the end, it's all about the money. Do you consider Vardy himself as being greedy? I wouldn't pin it down on one person only. It's probably also the people he surrounds himself with, the ones that want him to see the back of Leicester in their own interest.

 

The club will continue to work without him, for the first time in years we're operating on a very healthy financial basis and the Champions League awaits. The future looks bright.

 

Look forward, not back. No matter how big the heartache. It'll pass.

If any of last years team leave due to big offers from other teams and want to leave it is disappointing but mot the end of the world.  Almost of of them were bargains and created by us.  The club will then have a huge budget to replace them with the same sort of players they are at probably a significant cost lower than the fees we receive. Loo what our back office achieved putting this team together for the cost less than a Juan Mata eg. Our people will I am sure have a plan of who to get if we lose any of our new found stars.

 

No one can really blame any of them taking huge offers from some of the worlds biggest clubs. I am confident we will retain most of them and ad great quality players in the mold of Zieler as an example.  This team will be a force in the PL with or without Vardy, Marhez, Kante etc.  But it would be better if they stay for continuity.  We are the Champs and in the Champions League and great players and their managers now we have the funds the management and ability to do very well without some of the current squad.

I want them all to stay that is not going to happen and people just need to deal with the reality of the player market.  Remember, we are also a team looking to poach players from others teams.  Their fans will be saying the exact same thing about us. We are buying stars from other places yet we expect not to be touched in the same way.  PLEASE.

[Hack]

There is a crumb of comfort inasmuch as this has broken before the Euros. That gives us 6 weeks longer to find a replacement ( Kramaric available if the style of play needs to change as a result) than would have been the case if left until they finished.

 

With the International tournament, any extra pre-season friendlies, and the Community Shield, the timing would have had a much greater impact.

krameric was sold to Hoffenhiem wasn't?

[ThaiFox]

 I'm sick of seeing people quote 16mill, ever heard of the taxman?

 

Slag him off for roughly 10mill all you like, that is fair enough... but at least get your facts right.

 

Don't take it personally, but I have just seen this quoted repeatedly, and it is a misrepresentation of the facts on the ground.

No personal insult taken! And good point about the tax man, but don't forget all the bonus (Wasn't it £1M just for staying up last season?), sponsorship and possible England payments he will get. Should easily earn £16M during the next four seasons, even after tax!

[jit]

Longer it goes on the more I think it might not be a bad thing for us. 29 signed for £1m, 2 operations required in the summer. We still have Mahrez, Kante, DD, Gray etc. 

 

But the longer it goes on today the more likely I think he may stay and using this as bait to get a whopper new contract. Seems like a weird signing for Arsenal he doesn't suit their style of play and I can see him playing on the left wing to accommodate other players in their team. He's proved at England when adapting to another style of play he struggles. 

 

Two reasons IF he moves to Arsenal the money (sign on fee and wages)+ it will show his lack of confidence in himself he will then be admitting he doesn't believe he is good enough to replicate the form of last season again, he knows its his last big move to a club which he'll earn over 50% more wages and a huge sign on fee.

 

Its up to you JV if you move to Arsenal then I think a bit like Sterling you know you can't replicate your form from the previous seasons and admit you aren't very good.

[Sionnach gorm]

someone posted this on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/4mp4aj/an_open_letter_to_jamie_vardy/

Talk about a pitiful bunch of people on Reddit.

[Jon the Hat]

Some of you guys need to take a big step back and look at the reality here.  We have had an amazing season, truly amazing.  Everything has been aligned.

 

Claudio came in at just the right moment after a brave call by the owners. 

Our backroom team have stuck around and built on what they already put in place. 

We lost hardly anyone from that amazing fight to stay up last year. 

We signed Kante, who have been far better than we could have imagined.

Vardy & Mahrez stepped up big time, as did everyone else around them.

We had hardly any significant injuries.

The team spirit has been incredible, helped by the dismissal of our title chances by just about everyone.

Other teams have not had our level of focus, or missed key players, or prioritised the Champions League, or announced their manager was off half way through the season.

 

We have not become a big club overnight. 

Our prospects of winning the league next season remain lower than at least 4 or 5 other teams including Arsenal

Our prospects of doing well in he Champions league next season remain lower than at least 2 or 3 other teams including Arsenal

We still have a 32k seater stadium, half of those 4 or 5 teams

We have a smaller fan base than those 4 or 5 teams

We will still have less TV money, and players will consider us a lesser team than those 4 or 5

We will not be in a position to match their wages.

We are still in Leicester, which is not a world city like London

 

Sadly for us, this means that it is highly likely that 1 or all of the 3 biggest stars of our team could leave over the summer.  And we should wish them well, for they are legends.  They pulled if off, and we will never ever forget this season.  Lets not spoil it by getting silly and bitchy, and pretending these guys owe us or the club some kind of loyalty.  This is the ultimate leaving on a high.  They earned the chance to prove themselves on the very highest platform, and I for one would love to see them win the Champions league, and know that we helped make those superstars.

 

It is time to look forward, to bring on the next round of legends, to use our profile and our fame to build to a club that can be a constant in the top half, and to challenge for Europe while we build our stadium, our fan base and our future.  Don't give up my friends, for these are the greatest of times.