Former Leicester striker Jamie Vardy mentioned “age is only a quantity” as he opens a brand new chapter of his profession with Italian facet Cremonese.
The 38-year-old, who’s regarded amongst Leicester’s biggest gamers, on the finish of final season, calling time on a 13-year spell on the membership the place he scored 200 objectives in 500 appearances.
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He notched 24 of these of their Premier League title-winning 2015-16 season.
Vardy on a free switch earlier this month and he might make his debut for the northern Italian facet on Monday, in opposition to Verona.
Requested if he, and different veterans equivalent to and who’ve additionally moved to Serie A this summer season, are nonetheless motivated to carry out on the highest degree, he replied: “You should be one of many doubters. You are one which I am going to should show mistaken
“For me age is only a quantity. So long as my legs are doing precisely what they used to and nonetheless really feel as contemporary as they do then I’ll keep on.
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“In the intervening time there aren’t any indicators of them slowing down so I am going to preserve going and I shall be giving my all for this membership.
“I’ll study Italian, however [for now] it’s not an issue: soccer has its personal language, with the ball,” he mentioned.
Cremonese have loved a powerful begin to the season, opening their marketing campaign with a shock 2-1 win over AC Milan earlier than beating Sassuolo 3-2.
“The principle job is ensuring we keep within the league, and that is the way it was once I was at Leicester,” Vardy mentioned.
“It was by no means any, ‘we’re going to go for this’, it was at all times, ‘we have to keep within the league’, that is the primary factor. So all you do, you exit, you’re taking every recreation one-by-one, give your all, what shall be shall be.”