Jamie Vardy reveals his favourite wind-up celebration why he’s motivated by the boos that he gets from fans in the stands.
The Leicester City forward will celebrate his 38th birthday in January, yet he continues to perform at an elite level, having already netted four goals in the Premier League this season.
Although he made his debut in the top tier at the age of 27, he has since accumulated an impressive total of 140 Premier League goals over the past decade.
Vardy is only four goals away from matching Robin van Persie and has the potential to surpass the tallies of Teddy Sheringham, Les Ferdinand, and Michael Owen before retiring.
In addition to his scoring prowess, the English striker is also known for provoking rival fans with his celebratory antics.
In his first match back in the Premier League this season, he took a jab at Tottenham’s lack of titles after equalising against them at the King Power Stadium.
The 2016 champion has also playfully taunted fans of Wolves, Burnley, Sheffield United, and Crystal Palace.
Interviewer: My guest today is a caffeine fuel goal sniper on a one man crusade against corner flags. In 13 Seasons with Leicester City, he’s banged in over 190 goals playing every game as if it’s a cup final living every week as if it’s short week it’s a joy to welcome the one man in football who loves his Red Bull even more than Jurgen Klopp it’s Mr Jamie Vardy. Oh Jamie Leicester City are back in the Premier League you spent last year battling your way out the Championship you personally are living your 10th season in the top flight you’re 37-38 in January at this stage in your career are the moment you let yourself Savor more than you did in your 20s?
Vardy: Uh no I wouldn’t say so I wouldn’t say so but I think savouring the moments I don’t really do at the minute anyway I think that’s something that I’ll just look back on when I’ve retired
Interviewer: Do you think Jamie any team outside the big six will ever do it again
Vardy: ersonally no but you never know it’s football
Interviewer: God bless you Everton football club. You’re a man of motos and attitudes whether it’s ‘Jamie Vardy’s having a party’ or your iconic ‘chat shit get banged’ which you had printed on your shin pads and my grandmother actually has embroidered on a pillow do you have a motto a phrase or a philosophy that you’re living by right now
Vardy: No none at all none at all I’ll be honest I’m one of those guys live today go to bed and wake up for tomorrow
Interviewer: You just given me one I will say ‘chat shit get banged’ honestly never ages
Vardy: I don’t live by it
Interviewer: It is an eternal human truth and another specialty of yours is mastering the art of the wind up, you’re a bit like Michael Angelo if he traded painting Fresco and started to throw punches at corner flags instead and I want to talk through a couple of your most memorable celebrations yep but Jamie I do need to know is how much time do you put into planning these moves in advance or do you just do what you feel in the moment
Vardy: Yeah it is literally all in the moment there’s no planning to any of them that ball goes in the back of the net and it see what happens
Interviewer: It just comes like even you don’t know
Vardy: No no I don’t know what’s going to happen
Interviewer: When you’re doing it what do you feel
Vardy: Well obviously I’m buzzing because I’ve just scored a goal normally but there’s no like I said there’s no planning at all goes into into any of them
Interviewer: God this is amazing so let me go back to August for a second first game back in the Premier League week one, you’re actually already on mid-season heel form, you equalised at home against Spurs and then you pointed to the Premier League logo on your sleeve and reminded the away supporters of just how many Premier League titles they’d won
Vardy: Yeah yeah
Interviewer: Can you put put into words like where did that come from what was going on in your mind in that moment
Vardy: I’ve literally not got a clue where it come from and look the only thing I could say is I was getting like any game you get a bit of stick you have to you have to be prepared to to take it back so I got the stick and that’s the first that come to my mind to hit and where it hurts
Interviewer: God another phrase’ get the stick give it back’ just last weekend Jordan Ayew scored in the 98th minute, Leicester a stunning 3-2 comeback win over poor Southampton, you stood in front of the St Mary’s crowd pointing and laughing in their faces, the Leicester City Twitter account called you Rustle King which is actually the title I’m going to use for restaurant reservations from now on Jamie does being booed fuel you in the same way that being cheered does for other people
Vardy: I’d probably have to say yeah yeah I love it, I, at the end of the day it’s football you’re going to get you’re going to get stick you’re going to get people cheering for you why not use it why not use it, it’s there, it’s an atmosphere that that you can thrive on and I mean the one against Southampton at the weekend it was I know it looks like I’m laughing at every single one of them but there was there was literally just one guy who’ run all the way down to the front like he was going to try and start a fight in a Boozer but the bouncers had got him at the door so I just that’s why I was laughing at him
Interviewer: That guy oh back in 2019 there so many I mean we could talk for hours scoring against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park you ran the length of the pitch flapping your wings like a heavily caffeinated eagle you’ve also howled at visiting Wolves fans. Jamie what makes a successful wind up and which do you think is most memorable
Vardy: Er wow uh I know my most memorable one would have been West Brom away the year we won the league I mean there was one guy who sprinted down about 56 stairs to try and get to me on the pitch which is why I stood there in the corner with my arms aloft just smiling but yeah I think they’re all good wind ups but it’s when you get the reaction of the fans like I say, it’s football, you need to have uh you need to have that enjoyment side in it and like I say if you’re getting stick and then you give it back and that’s what then winds the fans up instead of them trying to wind you up so it’s all part of parcel of it so just enjoy it
Interviewer: Spite is the greatest human motivator, Jamie we got a question, which fan base is the most satisfying to wind up and why?
Vardy: Every one, every one. It literally doesn’t matter which team we play in which stadium I go to you can guarantee that that I’ll get abused
Interviewer: Do you watch them afterwards and just laugh yourself? Do you watch your celebrations…
Vardy: No not normally
Interviewer: You like that guy is funny or do you feel like is it a bit out of body for you
Vardy: No wouldn’t say it’s out of body, I don’t really watch them back though probably get them sent sent to me from from my mates and stuff like that and they’re the ones laughing but I think I could go to any stadium and get abused which I mean we’ve spoke about as a team as well it’s easier then cus I can for my teammates I can go and literally just take it all I’ll take the pressure off every single other player we’ve got I’m fine with it does not bother me one bit and then it leaves everyone else to be free and express themselves it’s brilliant
Interviewer: You are such a singular human being and I know there’s talk of making movie of your life, after the title win, Jamie who would play you if you were casting a Jamie Vardy movie
Vardy: I’ve always said James Cordon to this
Interviewer: What why?
Vardy: He’s a funny guy
Interviewer: He’s a very funny guy
Vardy: Would be be funny to see him trying to trying to do all the celebrations, winding the fans up
Interviewer: Doing the flapping yeah, Cordon doing the eagle flapping I had imagine Tom Hanks would love to do a Vardy, Robert Patterson if he can handle the riddler, may you know what Jamie this you may be Meryl Streep greatest role yet
Vardy: Oh wow
Interviewer: You are approaching your 500th appearance for Leicester City. When Leicester City supporters look back on your time with the club when they tell their grandkids that they saw Jamie vardy play what do you want to say about you how do you want to be remembered as a man who finish that sentence to be remembered as a man who what Jamie
Vardy: Cause Carnage
Interviewer: Not the goals at the end of the day the carnage
Vardy: Well the goals are involved with the Carnage aren’t they
Interviewer: Jamie Vardy never change
