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Jamie Vardy reveals his favourite wind-up celebration why he’s motivated by boos from fans

Jamie Vardy reveals his favourite wind-up celebration why he’s motivated by the boos that he gets from fans in the stands.

The Leicester City forward celebrates his 38th birthday in January, however, he continues to perform at an top level, having already netted four goals on his and Leicester’s return to the Premier League this season.

Although he made his debut in the top tier at the age of 27, he has since accumulated an impressive total of 140 Premier League goals over the last 10 years.

He’s only four goals away from Robin van Persie’s total, and has the potential to surpass the likes of Teddy Sheringham, Les Ferdinand, and Michael Owen before retiring.

He continues to wind the opposition fans, usually when he scores, as you can see below. Here’s what he had to say on that very subject…

Interviewer: My guest today is a caffeine fuel goal sniper on a one man crusade against corner flags. In 13 Seasons with Leicester City, he’s banged in over 190 goals playing every game as if it’s a cup final living every week as if it’s short week it’s a joy to welcome the one man in football who loves his Red Bull even more than Jurgen Klopp, it’s Mr Jamie Vardy. Oh Jamie, Leicester City are back in the Premier League you spent last year battling your way out the Championship you personally are living your 10th season in the top flight you’re 37-38 in January at this stage in your career are the moment you let yourself savour more than you did in your 20s?

Vardy: No I wouldn’t say so I wouldn’t say so but I think savouring the moments I don’t really do at the minute anyway I think that’s something that I’ll just look back on when I’ve retired

Interviewer: Do you think Jamie any team outside the big six will ever do it again

Vardy: Personally no but you never know it’s football

Interviewer: God bless you Everton football club. You’re a man of motos and attitudes whether it’s ‘Jamie Vardy’s having a party’ or your iconic ‘chat shit get banged’ which you had printed on your shin pads and my grandmother actually has embroidered on a pillow do you have a motto a phrase or a philosophy that you’re living by right now

Vardy: No none at all none at all I’ll be honest I’m one of those guys live today go to bed and wake up for tomorrow

Interviewer: You just given me one I will say ‘chat shit get banged’ honestly never ages

Vardy: I don’t live by it

Interviewer: It is an eternal human truth and another specialty of yours is mastering the art of the wind up, you’re a bit like Michael Angelo if he traded painting Fresco and started to throw punches at corner flags instead and I want to talk through a couple of your most memorable celebrations yep but Jamie I do need to know is how much time do you put into planning these moves in advance or do you just do what you feel in the moment

Vardy: Yeah it is literally all in the moment there’s no planning to any of them that ball goes in the back of the net and it see what happens

Interviewer: It just comes like even you don’t know

Vardy: No no I don’t know what’s going to happen

Interviewer: When you’re doing it what do you feel

Vardy: Well obviously I’m buzzing because I’ve just scored a goal normally but there’s no like I said there’s no planning at all goes into into any of them

Interviewer: God this is amazing so let me go back to August for a second first game back in the Premier League week one, you’re actually already on mid-season heel form, you equalised at home against Spurs and then you pointed to the Premier League logo on your sleeve and reminded the away supporters of just how many Premier League titles they’d won

Vardy: Yeah yeah

Interviewer: Can you put put into words like where did that come from what was going on in your mind in that moment

Vardy: I’ve literally not got a clue where it come from and look the only thing I could say is I was getting like any game you get a bit of stick you have to you have to be prepared to to take it back so I got the stick and that’s the first that come to my mind to hit and where it hurts

Interviewer: God another phrase’ get the stick give it back’ just last weekend Jordan Ayew scored in the 98th minute, Leicester a stunning 3-2 comeback win over poor Southampton, you stood in front of the St Mary’s crowd pointing and laughing in their faces, the Leicester City Twitter account called you Rustle King which is actually the title I’m going to use for restaurant reservations from now on Jamie does being booed fuel you in the same way that being cheered does for other people

Vardy: I’d probably have to say yeah yeah I love it, I, at the end of the day it’s football you’re going to get you’re going to get stick you’re going to get people cheering for you why not use it why not use it, it’s there, it’s an atmosphere that that you can thrive on and I mean the one against Southampton at the weekend it was I know it looks like I’m laughing at every single one of them but there was there was literally just one guy who’ run all the way down to the front like he was going to try and start a fight in a Boozer but the bouncers had got him at the door so I just that’s why I was laughing at him

Interviewer: That guy oh back in 2019 there so many I mean we could talk for hours scoring against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park you ran the length of the pitch flapping your wings like a heavily caffeinated eagle you’ve also howled at visiting Wolves fans. Jamie what makes a successful wind up and which do you think is most memorable

Vardy: Er wow, I know my most memorable one would have been West Brom away the year we won the league I mean there was one guy who sprinted down about 56 stairs to try and get to me on the pitch which is why I stood there in the corner with my arms aloft just smiling but yeah I think they’re all good wind ups but it’s when you get the reaction of the fans like I say, it’s football, you need to have uh you need to have that enjoyment side in it and like I say if you’re getting stick and then you give it back and that’s what then winds the fans up instead of them trying to wind you up so it’s all part of parcel of it so just enjoy it

Interviewer: Spite is the greatest human motivator, Jamie we got a question, which fan base is the most satisfying to wind up and why?

Vardy: Every one, every one. It literally doesn’t matter which team we play in which stadium I go to you can guarantee that that I’ll get abused

Interviewer: Do you watch them afterwards and just laugh yourself? Do you watch your celebrations…

Vardy: No not normally

Interviewer: You like that guy is funny or do you feel like is it a bit out of body for you

Vardy: No wouldn’t say it’s out of body, I don’t really watch them back though probably get them sent sent to me from from my mates and stuff like that and they’re the ones laughing but I think I could go to any stadium and get abused which I mean we’ve spoke about as a team as well it’s easier then cus I can for my teammates I can go and literally just take it all I’ll take the pressure off every single other player we’ve got I’m fine with it does not bother me one bit and then it leaves everyone else to be free and express themselves it’s brilliant

Interviewer: You are such a singular human being and I know there’s talk of making movie of your life, after the title win, Jamie who would play you if you were casting a Jamie Vardy movie

Vardy: I’ve always said James Cordon to this

Interviewer: What why?

Vardy: He’s a funny guy

Interviewer: He’s a very funny guy

Vardy: Would be be funny to see him trying to trying to do all the celebrations, winding the fans up

Interviewer: Doing the flapping yeah, Cordon doing the eagle flapping I had imagine Tom Hanks would love to do a Vardy, you know what Jamie this you may be Meryl Streep greatest role yet

Vardy: Oh wow

Interviewer: You are approaching your 500th appearance for Leicester City. When Leicester City supporters look back on your time with the club when they tell their grandkids that they saw Jamie vardy play what do you want to say about you how do you want to be remembered as a man who finish that sentence to be remembered as a man who what Jamie

Vardy: Cause Carnage

Interviewer: Not the goals at the end of the day the carnage

Vardy: Well the goals are involved with the Carnage aren’t they

Interviewer: Jamie Vardy never change

HIS CAREER:

Youth
Sheffield Wednesday
2003–2006 Stocksbridge Park Steels

Senior
2006–2010 – Stocksbridge Park Steels – 115 games (55 goals)
2010–2011 – FC Halifax Town – 41 games (28 goals)
2011–2012 – Fleetwood Town – 42 games (34 goals)
2012– Leicester City – 474 games (194 goals)
Total – 672 games, 311 goals

International
2015–2018 – England – 26 games (7 goals)

Honours:

Stocksbridge Park Steels
Northern Premier League Division One South play-offs: 2008–09
Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup: 2008–09

FC Halifax Town
Northern Premier League Premier Division: 2010–11

Fleetwood Town
Conference Premier: 2011–12

Leicester City
Premier League: 2015–16
Football League Championship/EFL Championship: 2013–14, 2023–24
FA Cup: 2020–21
FA Community Shield: 2021

Individual
Premier League Player of the Season: 2015–16
FWA Footballer of the Year: 2015–16
Premier League Golden Boot: 2019–20
Premier League Player of the Month: October 2015, November 2015, April 2019, October 2019
Premier League Goal of the Month: March 2018
BBC Goal of the Season: 2017–18
PFA Team of the Year: 2015–16 Premier League, 2019–20 Premier League
Conference Premier Player of the Month: November 2011
Conference Premier Team of the Year: 2011–12
Conference Premier Top Goalscorer: 2011–12
Leicester City Player of the Season: 2019–20
Leicester City Players’ Player of the Season: 2013–14, 2019–20
Premier League Milestone Award (100 goals), (300 appearances)
Northern Premier League’s Greatest Player: 1978–2018
Northern Premier League’s Greatest XI: 1978–2018

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