Jamie Vardy's legacy at Leicester City Football Club is thus: he is our favourite, most famous, infamous, successful and celebrated player of all-time. That is quite the aftermath; especially for a footballer who began his senior career in the lower leagues. As a matter of fact, upon signing for the Foxes in a widely reported £1million deal, he was the first £1m non-league baller. Which is another feather in Vardy's peacock-esque cap.
Subsequently "Vards" took the English Football Leagues by storm; before entering the real big time. Once opposing and neutral fans had a season or two to witness the striker's confidence, talent and banter - they kind of fell in love with the former Sheffield Wednesday youth player, just like the Blue Army did. And it wasn't just goals that won over the LCFC fan base: his dedication to, and passion for, the King Power team was clearly evident and shown via actions.
In actuality, if I am honest, opposition supporters loved to hate the great Fox. While they secretly admired (almost) everything about the wily and controversial centre forward. I mean, pretty much every and any top flight club in England would have been lucky and happy to have Vardy on their roster during that illustrious past decade.
But it's all over now, sadly. The footballing hitman left Leicestershire and moved to Serie A with Cremonese - and lost much of his mouthwatering income in the process too! Though that doesn't matter to our boy.
This is why former Leicester City star Jamie Vardy accepted almost a £5.5million pay decrease in order to join Italian Serie A side Cremonese
"According to estimates by Capology, Vardy now earns £31,420 per week at the Italian side, with weekly bonuses of up to £7,813 available, means the veteran could potentially earn more than £2m annually [approximately £5.5m less]"Sport Bible
First of all, money seemingly isn't motivation for Vardy. Although, he doesn't have to worry about it either.
"Vardy admitted he turned down several clubs to join Cremonese
He wanted to move to Italy that much."
What the 38-year-old did desire is another crack at one of Europe's top five divisions at a veteran age. That means offers were slim and not as lucrative, in spite of literal prowess.
"Vardy hasn’t wasted time settling in to the Italian game and has netted four times in his last seven league matches. This fine form has been recognised by the division, with the former Fox awarded Serie A’s Player of the Month award for November."Football League World
Vardy wished for a new challenge in a different environment. Lastly, the Cremo project is said to be similar to that of Leicester's underdog situation.
"You must be one of the doubters," said a slightly irritated Jamie Vardy at his first press conference as a Cremonese player in September. "You're one that I'll have to prove wrong."Sport Bible
Vardy was responding to a reporter that suggested fans in Italy can be "a little bit sceptical" about players who are approaching their 40th birthday.
"We tend to say, where’s their motivation," the reporter added: "How fit are they?”"