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That seemed to be message that Times journalist Henry Winter wanted to get across as he talked about Leicester City’s start to the season, but in particular when it came to Jamie Vardy and his international career.
What’s he said?
Speaking on the Sunday Supplement, Winter laid out precisely why Vardy has been able to keep the levels of production going despite ticking into this 30s, but how that might cause a bit of a problem going forward:
“It’ll be interesting to see what happens next summer. If he’s carrying on playing like this, if he’s top of the scoring charts, whether [Gareth] Southgate goes back to him. One of the reasons why he is having this longevity, is that he is having international breaks free and he can just recharge his batteries.”
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Going all out
Winter raises a very interesting point in all this. Vardy is clearly getting some benefits from all the rest he is getting from not playing for his country, and as a result, it’s left him firing on pretty much all cylinders to help Leicester move up the table, currently sitting as the league’s top scorer.
Gareth Southgate has said in the past that the chance for Vardy to play for England has not totally disappeared for the 32-year-old, but would it really be beneficial for him to spend those couple of months with England for the European Championships?
Any rest that he would be earning this season would be lost if he were to then find himself playing for the Three Lions over the summer, which could then lead to a ‘burnout’ at the start of the next campaign and a slow start for the Foxes.
Which is why Vardy would really help a lot of people out if he came out and reiterated his stance on his international situation, just so everyone knows what the plan is and how to deal with it. That way people like Brendan Rodgers will know if he has to be careful with how he uses Vardy throughout the season, or let him loose and keep terrorising defences the way he has been so far.