Jamie Vardy has confirmed that he will leave Leicester City at the end of the season.
Vardy came to Leicester from Fleetwood Town in 2012, for a non-League record compensation of £ 1 million.
He then scored 198 goals in 496 performances for the club in all competitions and played a crucial role in their promotion of the championship in 2014 and their remarkable Premier League -Titels success two years later.
The 38-year-old scored 20 goals in all competitions last season when the Foxes immediately returned to the top flight after their relegation in 2023, but he is unable to help Leicester to avoid a quick return to the championship, with their relegation confirmed last week.
On Thursday it was announced that Vardy Leicester will leave after the expiry of his contract.
“For the fans of Leicester, I was stripped that this day is coming, but I knew it would eventually come,” Vardy said on a video posted on Leicester's social media channels.
“I spent 13 incredible years in this club, with great success and some downs, but the majority have all been high.
“It is finally time to call it a day, which I am devastated by it, but I think the timing is right.”
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Vardy is the third highest goal scorer of Leicester, after Arthur Chandler (273) and Arthur Rowley (265).
The former English International is the record scorer of the club in the Premier League, with 143 goals and the record performance of the Foxes in the competition (338).
Only seven players have scored more Premier League goals for one club than Vardy for Leicester, while his best goal season came in all competitions when he looted 24 in 2015-16, as the figurehead of the title-winning campaign by Claudio Ranieri.
He also has a FA cup under his honor, because he was part of the team that won the trophy under Brendan Rodgers in 2021.
Since Vardy made his Premier League debut in August 2014, only Mohamed Salah (182) and Harry Kane (210) have scored more goals in the top flight.
Vardy was a late bloomer, who had been 25 when he came to Leicester from Fleetwood. Of his 143 Premier League goals, 109 came after his 30th birthday.
No other player has scored so many goals in the competition while they are 30 years old, with Vardy 16 free from the next best Ian Wright (93).
The last two games of Vardy in the King Power Stadium come against already related Southampton and soon related city in Ipswich. De Vossen play Wolves, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth on the road before the season ends.