Four years ago, a certain player by the name Jamie Vardy was playing for Fleetwood town in the conference infront of a few hundred fans. Fastfoward to the present and he is the man of the moment, sung and admired when playing infront of over 30,000 fans at the king power stadium.
The brilliant Englishman as you all probably know broke a prestigious Premier league record by eclipsing Ruud Van Nistlerooy's run of 10 goals in 10 games by scoring in 11 consecutive games for the first time in history. He has now become the most talked about superstar this season and is thriving under the spotlight he never thought of having during his record goal chase. He is now one goal away from equaling the all time record of Sheffield Wednesday's Dunne for the 1931/32 season with 12 goals.
Once rejected by Sheffield Wednesday at age 16, Vardy has proved that hardwork pays off when he was signed by Leicester City from Fleetwood in 2012 for a record fee of £1.5m for a non-league player where he helped them win promotion to the Premier league and scoring his first league goal in a 5-3 thrashing of Man Utd last season. His style of play with blistering pace and battering full backs has not gone unnoticed this season as he has the top speed by any player in the league with 35.4 km and covered a total of 124.5 km, the most distance covered by any player only bettered by Spur's Harry Kane. He also has the most shots on target to his name showing his great killer instinct when facing goal.
The Leicester forward's rise to prominence under Claudio Ranieri - The Tinkerman has been phenomenal with his top of the line performances this season and has laid down a strong case to achieve his ultimate dream of spearheading England's attack at the Euros next year.
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