Jamie Vardy, Leicester City striker
At 37 years old, Jamie Vardy continues to be an example of physical and (perhaps) mental dedication. The preparation he does before games shows this: he pays attention to his diet and learns insults in the opponent’s defenders’ native language.
Who follows the career of Jamie VardyI certainly always knew that the English footballer’s life was like a movie.
In 2012, aged 25, Vardy had just left his job as a factory worker to dedicate himself full time to Fleetwood of the English 5th division.
At that time, it attracted the attention of Leicester (then in the 2nd division) who bought it for a million pounds.
Four years later, he was winning the Premier League with the Foxes and to be second best scorer in Premier League (race he won in 2020).
Jamie Vardy’s stunning story is now told, not in a film, but in a Netflix documentary.
The striker, who turns 38 in January, reveals some secrets of his longevity as a footballer.
Before games: drink three Red Bullsa double coffee, eat a cheese and ham omelette… oh! And yet learn insults in the language of opposing defenders.
According to , Vardy even has this routine of studying, in the week before the game, insults in the mother tongue of the players who will mark him at the weekend.
It is an unusual revelation, but, once again, anyone who knows “the figure” will not be surprised by it.
Leicester’s next game is on Sunday at 2pm against Wolves. Therefore, the Portuguese defender Toti Gomes and Nélson Semedo get ready: “Son of a bitch”; “ca**ão”; etc.; What has Vardy been learning this week?
Will the insults in “good Portuguese” be enough to irritate the defenders of the team now led by Victor Pereira?
Mentally, Vardy appears to be preparing well – but the physique is not far behind. The documentary reveals that the Foxes’ number 9 is usually the first to show up for training, around 8:30 am. Even on his supposed days off, he regularly shows up at the training center to watch his teammates train.
