There’s every chance Jamie Vardy could play against Leicester City in the Championship next season and there is reported interest from more than one club in the second tier.
Vardy will leave Leicester at the end of the season after 13 years at the club.
The 38-year-old was instrumental in the Foxes’ famous Premier League and FA Cup wins but will leave the King Power Stadium when his contract expires in June.
With 143 Premier League goals and 26 England caps to his name, Vardy is in demand despite his advancing years.
Talk of interest from newly promoted Wrexham gathered pace after the Red Dragons confirmed their rise to the Championship on Saturday, but there’s a club in the middle of the table that could yet turn the striker’s head.
When footballers approach retirement age, emotion can come into their thinking in a way it might not when there are contracts to chase and goals to fulfil.
Vardy might not be one for sentiment but he is exactly the type to have a keen eye for unfinished business.
If that’s a motivating factor in his decision about his future, the glitz and glamour of Wrexham could lose out to the clarion call of home.
Sheffield Wednesday want Vardy and the feeling is understood to be mutual.
“We can confirm that Vardy sees Sheffield Wednesday as ‘one of his most desired options’ to join this summer,” reports EFL Analysis, citing transfer expert Graeme Bailey.
“There is interest from the Sheffield Wednesday end, but the situation is ‘complicated’ amid uncertainty surrounding Danny Rohl’s future at the club.”
Jamie Vardy (Image: Getty)
Vardy is from Sheffield and was a big Wednesday fan as a kid but was released from the club’s academy at the age of 16.
After scoring goals for fun at local non-league outfit Stocksbridge Park Steels, Vardy embarked on a surge up the pyramid that took him to FC Halifax and Fleetwood Town on the way to legendary status and the most unlikely silverware at Leicester.
Vardy ‘hurt’ by Leicester relegation
The striker certainly isn’t going out on a high. Leicester’s relegation from the Premier League has been a stunningly tame affair and Vardy knows it.
“At this point I don’t even know what to say,” he posted on social media.
“No words I have can ever express my feelings of anger and sadness with the way this season has gone. There are no excuses.
“Collectively, as players and as a club, we failed. There is simply no hiding, and I refuse to entertain any suggestion of doing so.
“Having been at this club for so long, we’ve experienced so many highs and successes – and this season has been nothing but miserable and for me personally, a total embarrassment.
“It hurts, and I know you’re feeling it too.”
