adminLONDON. — Jamie Vardy almost blew his big chance at Leicester after turning up to training drunk, it has been revealed.
Foxes vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said the non-league hotshot did not know how to deal with his new-found wealth after his £1million transfer from Fleetwood to Leicester in 2012.
Srivaddhanaprabha said that Vardy quickly went off the rails and went out drinking every night of the week.
But a stern talking from the club’s hierarchy warned the England international about his conduct and professionalism — which proved to be the turning point of his career.
Vardy is Leicester’s leading goalscorer this season and broke Ruud van Nistlerooy’s scoring record by netting in 11 consecutive matches.
And that all came on the way to an historic English Premier League title triumph. Srivaddhanaprabha told A Day magazine in Thailand: “He went straight from the bottom to the Championship, which eventually led him to start drinking booze every single day. We had no idea what to do.
“I didn’t even know about this until someone told me that he came to train while he was still drunk.
“So I went to talk to him myself, I asked ‘do you wish to end your career like this? Do you want to stay here like this? We’ll let your contract run out then release you. Don’t expect a better career path.’
“He said he didn’t know what to do with his life. He’d never earned such a large amount of money. So I asked him ‘what’s your dream?” — The Mirror.
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