English striker Jamie Vardy has given his first press convention as a Cremonese participant, after he joined the newly-promoted Serie A facet the summer season.
Vardy left Leicester Metropolis after his contract expired and joined Davide Nicola’s facet on a free switch, to a lot fanfare and celebration.
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Talking to the press, through , Vardy revealed that he “was in a position to get on a zoom name with” Nicola, the place they spoke for “45 minutes to an hour, displaying his ardour for the membership and the way he’s desirous to push on. And simply wanting in his eyes and what he wished, that basically resonated with myself and I believe as a footballer, it’s at all times good to really feel wished.”
WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND – APRIL 26: Jamie Vardy of Leicester Metropolis through the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Leicester Metropolis FC at Molineux on April 26, 2025 in Wolverhampton, England. (Picture by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)
Vardy discusses parallels between Cremonese and Leicester Metropolis
Vardy was additionally requested if there have been any parallels between Cremonese and his final membership Leicester Metropolis, the place the Foxes famously received the Premier League title as huge underdogs and Vardy enjoying an enormous half within the success.
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“I believe having sat down with the supervisor and the proprietor, I believe the principle activity is ensuring we keep within the league and to be trustworthy, that’s the way it was after I was at Leicester. It was by no means any ‘we’re going to go for this’,” the striker continued, “it was at all times ‘we have to keep within the league’, that’s the principle factor.”
Vardy emphasised the significance of taking it one match at a time if you find yourself a small membership making an attempt to remain within the league, “On a standard match day it’s 11 vs 11 and anybody can beat anybody. So we’ll simply be working as onerous as we will on the coaching discipline to verify we’re prepared for each single recreation that comes up. We’ll take them one after the other and see the place that takes us.”
LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 20: Enzo Maresca, Supervisor of Chelsea, reacts through the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Chelsea FC at Craven Cottage on April 20, 2025 in London, England. (Picture by Ryan Pierse/Getty Pictures)
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Vardy: ‘Cremonese need to be the overachieving underdogs’
Vardy was later requested to develop upon what particularly led him to affix Cremonese and what it was that Davide Nicola mentioned to him to persuade him to affix the membership. “I believe the factor for me personally is all through my profession I’ve at all times been doubted,” the striker confessed, “I at all times have and at all times will nonetheless.”
“Talking with the supervisor, there was lots of doubt in Italy about Cremonese with the ability to keep within the league and with how the supervisor is and the fervour he has obtained and his work ethic, that’s not what he needs. And I believe with how the lads have began it’s unbelievable. We all know it’s a protracted season however that’s the function he’s wanting: to be the underdogs which can be overachieving.”
Vardy additionally revealed that Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca, who labored with the Englishman at Leicester, performed an enormous function in his resolution to . “I managed to have a very good chat with him as soon as we knew it was going to be a chance and he did nothing however sing the praises of the membership itself and the encircling areas. Cremona as a metropolis and every thing. His recommendation for me was to come back right here and that was it, as soon as he mentioned that and I managed to talk to my household, there was just one place I used to be going to go.”
