Jamie Vardy: One Last Party?

[Greg2607]

I love vardy... probably my only true sporting hero..... BUT... what evidence do we have that playing alongside him or having him in the squad will improve the other strikers? Didn't work for Daka did it... or kelechi, or kramaric.... 

 

I think we need to except that his time with us was special, but that the club needs to evolve.

[when_you're_smiling]

There’s an argument we should have moved on sooner to be honest.

 

If he’d not been there in the Prem season it might have forced the club to spend at least some of the £22m on a decent, reliable striker rather than Skipp. We also might have been a more attractive option for any back-up given any striker coming would question how many minutes they’d get having to compete with a club legend for a spot. Instead we had to go down the cheap, Ayew option.

[Chelmofox]

2 hours ago, ceebeefox said:

Might even be fighting playoffs, how many awful draws or narrow defeats could his goals have turned round? And whilst he obviously can’t be the future, anyone who thinks he’s finished watch that goal against Juventus, outmuscling defenders and running half the pitch to score.

Coventry home springs to mind. Mavadidi hiting a lame shot for our biggest chance of the game.

[SB87_LCFC]

His Mrs is all over socials saying any links is fake news(on one hand she would have to be seen to even if there was any truth).......as much as we want to relive the past , it isn't going to happen because; 

 

A - We are not in a financial situation to pay him what he would want on a deal which would meet League one regs

B - Rudkin is still in a job - The ultimate deciding factor!

C - Even at 39 he can still do a job higher up

D - Squad is full of entitled, useless wasters

[BDW-11]

I love the bloke, but no. 200 goals, 500 appearances - leave it as it is.

 

Would love for him to be involved in the club in some capacity in the future, a non-playing role, but he deserves better than League One football and Jon Rudkin.

[Winstonthedog]

21 hours ago, Turtle27 said:

Fuchs as Manager, Vardy as player coach? 

Actually.... that could have some substance 

[turtmcfly]

1 hour ago, when_you're_smiling said:

There’s an argument we should have moved on sooner to be honest.

 

If he’d not been there in the Prem season it might have forced the club to spend at least some of the £22m on a decent, reliable striker rather than Skipp. We also might have been a more attractive option for any back-up given any striker coming would question how many minutes they’d get having to compete with a club legend for a spot. Instead we had to go down the cheap, Ayew option.

 

You'd like to think it would have forced their hand. But you're still left with a setup that thought it was a good idea to spend nearly all of that £22m buying Oliver Bleeding Skipp. Vardy leaving doesn't fix that. I fear the counterfactual outcome would have been Jordan Ayew signed for £15m

 

[Simonb]

He'd still bag goals and it'd be a little uplift for us all to see him back..  however, it just delays what we are currently supposed to be doing and that's replacing him.. so for me, as much as Id love to see him play in a Leicester shirt again, its a no. We have to use this season to have a complete rebuild as much as possible.

 

Realistically for Vards with Crem about to drop, a year or two in the states should be where hes looking. Lower standard, money to be had, might be the right time for that off the back of the netflix doc. Good luck to him wherever he goes, but we need to move on  

[everton carr]

19 hours ago, fox_favourite said:

Yes and no. He doesn't have his badges, and we don't know what he'll be like as a coach. he's 39 nearly 40 so a player he's really past it. We really need to move on now. In terms of character yes, he will be good. But like I say we can't keep looking back. He's left and lets keep those memories. 

 

Another season would be too much. If you want him at the club then an embassador role, maybe 

Would score goals for fun in league 1 He's 2 years younger then Ronaldo who's about to play in a World Vup

[Chelmofox]

6 minutes ago, everton carr said:

Would score goals for fun in league 1 He's 2 years younger then Ronaldo who's about to play in a World Vup

Really needs to be a ban on the phrase 'score goals for fun in league x'.  Nacho and Daka were supposed to do this in the Championship. It never, ever happens.

[Spanner73]

Come back to ramshackled complete joke of a football club incapable of putting one foot in front of the other 

 

I don’t think so ! 
 

 

[LCFCJohn]

If you’re Vardy and going to return to England, to play in L1 and on L1 wages, you’d be looking to go to Wednesday over us at this stage anyway.

 

He’s got nothing else to prove to himself here. Whereas returning for a season where it started as a child, where his story nearly never started, to get them back up would be more appealing for him you’d think.

[Gazza M]

Going to rear it's ugly head this topic until he hangs up his boots. The guy has moved on just like we should. Our GOAT but he left on the perfect note. Lets leave it there. Time for a new younger hero to make their claim. 

[DAS Boot]

On 13/05/2026 at 11:47, Simonb said:

He'd still bag goals and it'd be a little uplift for us all to see him back..  however, it just delays what we are currently supposed to be doing and that's replacing him.. so for me, as much as Id love to see him play in a Leicester shirt again, its a no. We have to use this season to have a complete rebuild as much as possible.

 

Realistically for Vards with Crem about to drop, a year or two in the states should be where hes looking. Lower standard, money to be had, might be the right time for that off the back of the netflix doc. Good luck to him wherever he goes, but we need to move on  

This basically sums it up for me.

[Chrysalis]

I voted no for a few reasons.

 

1 - If it doesnt go well., it will be seen as shouldnt have happened and rightly so.
2 - In the netflix documentary it was revealed he was more than a good striker, he drove the entire team on with his positive attitude, whilst any manager would want such a player, it also leads to a problem when that player leaves the squad, him coming back for the season would be like a shot of adrenaline, and then a massive hangover afterwards.  
3 - We need a new start, a new era, and this includes a new wage structure, Vardy isnt coming back for a wage of 5k a week, and paying him something worthy of his name would then mean we havent done a new start.

Its my view restructuring the club, sorting it all out is more important than football results next season.  

Edited 16 May by Chrysalis

[Stadt]

On 13/05/2026 at 06:58, SemperEadem said:

Half wonder if he is more likely to turn out for Wednesday than us again.

I wouldn’t be able to stop laughing if he scored against us and did a proper wind up celebration 

[Buzzell]

I’d love him to come back but he shouldn’t. He has nothing to prove here plus it’s an absolute shit show atm.

[Sunbury Fox]

5 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

If you’re Vardy and going to return to England, to play in L1 and on L1 wages, you’d be looking to go to Wednesday over us at this stage anyway.

 

He’s got nothing else to prove to himself here. Whereas returning for a season where it started as a child, where his story nearly never started, to get them back up would be more appealing for him you’d think.

Yeah, plus they've probably got a better chance of going up now they'll have no points deduction and have what you assume are competent new owners. 

[LCFCJohn]

50 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Yeah, plus they've probably got a better chance of going up now they'll have no points deduction and have what you assume are competent new owners. 

Definitely. I’m surprised there’s been barely a mention of it (lack of deduction for next season) on here.

 

Whatever your thoughts on how we will do, it’s very relevant. If you think we’ll be challenging for promotion or playoffs, you’d imagine now Wednesday are sorted and on a level playing field, so will they. If you think we will be struggling at the wrong end, Wednesday being on -15 would have been helpful. 

[Bezzanator89]

200 goals, 500 appearances, the big farewell party. The line should just be drawn there.

[Pliskin]

He will go to Sheffield Wednesday.

[Foxmeister]

On 13/05/2026 at 11:08, Greg2607 said:

I love vardy... probably my only true sporting hero..... BUT... what evidence do we have that playing alongside him or having him in the squad will improve the other strikers? Didn't work for Daka did it... or kelechi, or kramaric.... 

 

I think we need to except that his time with us was special, but that the club needs to evolve.

You did well to stop at three. To a greater or lesser extent you could have added Beckford, Wood, Nugent, Perez, Musa, Okazaki, Slimani and Ulloa, imagine that’s 11 off the top of my head and still not exhaustive. 
 

Bloody hell, we spent £150m + wages + agents, trying to replace him while he was still here!