Recap the reaction, analysis and your views as Vardy to leave Leicester

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Leicester City announce that striker Jamie Vardy will leave the club at the end of the season
Vardy: 'This isn't retirement' and 'gutted that this day has come...but I think the timing is right'
Van Nistelrooy: 'He came to my office and told me what he had decided'
Chairman Srivaddhanaprabha: Vardy 'holds a place in the hearts of everyone connected to Leicester City'
The 38-year-old has been at Leicester for 13 seasons after making the move from Fleetwood in 2012
He won the Premier League title with Leicester in 2016 as well as the league's Player of the Season
Vardy also claimed the golden boot in the 2019-20 campaign, scoring 23 goals
Stats: Vardy's outscored Ronaldo, Suarez and more | Vardy's club honours
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'Maybe someone will take a chance on him'published at 13:39 British Summer Time 24 April
Robert Huth
Former Leicester defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

He can always still finish. Can Jamie outrun a Premier League defender at this stage of his career? I really struggle to think so and that is not being disrespectful at all. Maybe his Premier League days are done or maybe someone will take a chance on him. His finishing will still be there.
He might not have the desire to drop down or go abroad. That's completely up to him.
Postpublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 24 April
Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

Gordon Banks or Gary Lineker are my guesses.
Banks was a World Cup winner while at Leicester, and was named Fifa goalkeeper of the year every year from 1966 to 1971.
Lineker was Ballon d'Or runner-up in 1986, a season and a half after leaving Leicester - and won the Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona.
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I’d be interested to know who the 22% of people voting “no” feel is a better player for Leicester in the clubs history?
Matt, York
'He was the ultimate team-mate'published at 13:30 British Summer Time 24 April
Robert Huth
Former Leicester defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

He wasn't the best trainer, he saved his energy for the games. At times he was really poor in training which is funny with how amazing he was on the pitch.
When you look back, he scored pretty much any goal possible. He is very flexible in terms of his approach to the game and scoring goals. He was the ultimate team-mate. He would chase lost causes.
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Get Involvedpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 24 April
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Vardy - Rare striker of the modern game. Sly as a fox. He is indeed Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Merkie, LFC Fan
Some of Vardy's individual accoladespublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 24 April
Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

Hope this is what you're after Paul!
- Vardy has the fourth-highest appearance for Leicester City.
- He is their third-highest goal scorer.
- Among active Premier League players, only Mohamed Salah (188) has more goals than Vardy (143).
- Vardy has the most goals for a player after turning 30 with 107, more than Ian Wright's 93 and Alan Shearer's 84.
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Get Involvedpublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 24 April
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What Premier league records does Jamie Vardy hold now that he is leaving City?
Paul
Vardy's Leicester career in numberspublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 24 April
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Jamie Vardy made his Premier League debut in August 2014 as a substitute in a draw against Arsenal.
He bagged his first goal and set up four others as the Foxes came back from 3-1 down to beat Manchester United 5-3 the following month.
Since then, he has scored 142 more to establish himself as one of the greatest strikers the Premier League has seen.
Jamie Vardy's Leicester career:
- Games played: 496
- Goals: 198
- Assists: 69
Jamie Vardy in Premier League:
- Games played: 338
- Goals: 143
- Assists: 48
Jamie Vardy in Championship:
- Games played: 98
- Goals: 38
- Assists: 16
A Leicester iconpublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 24 April
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Jamie Vardy has scored 143 goals across 10 seasons in the Premier League - all of them coming in Leicester colours.
Only Harry Kane (213 for Tottenham), Sergio Aguero (184 for Manchester City), and Thierry Henry (175 for Arsenal) have scored more in the league for a single club.
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Get Involved - 'If I were Everton, I’d be on the phone right now'published at 13:12 British Summer Time 24 April
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Even as a Liverpool fan, if I were Everton, I’d be on the phone right now, trying to sign Vardy. Okay, he’s 38, and he’s nowhere near a 30-goal a season striker, but he’d get Everton at least a dozen, maybe 15 goals a season, more than Calvert-Lewin would get them, and despite his age, he’d probably get fewer injuries than Calvert-Lewin anyway. And Vardy might be available for less wages as well, and on a free transfer. I’d be amazed if Everton don’t make a move for him, no brainer.
John
Postpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 24 April
Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

Very happy to be corrected on this, but I'm certain nobody else has done the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup - Premier League double.
Vardy's club honourspublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 24 April
Leicester City
- Northern Premier League Division One South play-offs: 2008-09
- Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup: 2008–09
- Northern Premier League Premier Division: 2010–11
- Conference Premier: 2011–12
- Premier League: 2015–16
- EFL Championship: 2013–14, 2023–24
- FA Cup: 2020-21
- Community Shield: 2021
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Get Involvedpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 24 April
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He is Mr Leicester City. The last member of the title winning squad to leave signals the end of an era. All we can say is thanks for everything.
Ben, Leicester
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Get Involvedpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 24 April
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Maybe *this* is the summer that Arsenal sign Vardy!
Anon
When Vardy rejected Arsenal offerpublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 24 April
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

It was while Jamie Vardy was in France on England duty at Euro 2016 that it emerged Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had activated a reported £20m transfer clause in his Leicester City contract.
The 29-year-old had met Wenger, but then backed away from the deal to stay at Leicester City, who were then reigning Premier League champions.
He signed a lucrative new deal at The King Power Stadium, but it was an act of loyalty that only added another chapter to his Leicester legend.
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Get Involvedpublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 24 April
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Good shout Ewan, but what about his reaction when he broke Van Nistelrooy's consecutive Premier League goals record?
Richard, Kent
Postpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 24 April
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

Jamie Vardy is two goals away from scoring 200 for Leicester, with five games left of the season and his Foxes career.
As well as winning the Premier League and FA Cup he also helped the Foxes to the Champions League quarter-finals in 2016-17 and the Europa Conference League semi-final in 2022.
He described this season, after relegation was confirmed on Sunday, as a "total embarrassment" and former Foxes team-mate Marc Albrighton feels there would never be an ideal time to leave.
"He certainly wouldn't have wanted to go out on these terms but you've just got to recognise when you're ready and when the time is right," he said.
"I don't think there's ever been a good time for him to do this. You have to look past what's happened in this last year and recognise what he's done in the last 12 or 13 years.
"It's not ideal the club have just been relegated and he goes out now but at the same time everybody has to move on, Vards himself and the club."
Vardy through the yearspublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 24 April

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Vardy celebrates as he helps Leicester achieve promotion to the Premier League in 2014
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Vardy with the Premier League title in 2016
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Vardy lifting the FA Cup in 2021
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Vardy after achieving Championship promotion in 2024
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Get Involvedpublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 24 April
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Gutted. Been a massive part of my team for so long, and my total hero. Knew this day was coming, praying he's hanging up his boots, and will be a part of the new management team in the future.
Jason from Nottingham (Hinckley born)
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Get Involved - 'Best player to put on the shirt'published at 12:49 British Summer Time 24 April
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Firstly, thanks. What a player, captain, inspiration. Every team would want a Vardy. Best player to put on the shirt.
Anon

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