Veteran striker Jamie Vardy says his age won’t outline him and credit Leicester Metropolis boss Enzo Maresca for serving to him evolve this season.
The 37-year-old got here off the bench to attain twice in Saturday’s 5-0 win at Stoke, which took his season tally to 10 objectives in all competitions.
It had Leicester followers chanting for “10 extra years” of Vardy, whose objectives helped the Foxes to Premier League and FA Cup glory up to now decade.
“Age is only a quantity,” Vardy mentioned.
“You’re as as outdated as you’re feeling, how your legs really feel, and I be certain that I take care of myself and ensure I get better proper and do further after I’m at house.
“So so long as I hold doing that, I will hold feeling contemporary.”
Vardy, who’s out of contract at Leicester on the finish of the season, has scored thrice in his previous two appearances – after solely lately getting back from a knee damage.
When requested by BBC Radio Leicester about his kind and taking his tally to 180 objectives for the Foxes, Vardy replied: “I do not actually look again, it is all about wanting ahead.”
‘By no means too outdated to be taught’
Vardy was Leicester’s prime goalscorer in seven successive Premier League seasons, beginning in 2015-16 when his 24 objectives fired them to a miraculous title.
Simply two seasons earlier his objectives had helped the Foxes win promotion from the Championship as title winners.
His explosiveness in assault – the mix of tempo, energy and poise – helped outline a decade of unparalleled success for the East Midlands membership.
Now he’s again within the second tier attempting to right away return the Foxes to the highest flight.
Nonetheless, the calls for on Vardy are completely different underneath Maresca, with the Italian’s methodical, possession-focused strategy to the sport.
Vardy’s objectives in opposition to Stoke have been a close-range end, on the finish of a flowing transfer, and an injury-time penalty.
“Like something, you possibly can by no means be too outdated to be taught one thing new,” Vardy mentioned.
“It is the way in which he needs us to play and if you end up on the coaching pitch, it is all about taking that, practising that and ensuring that you’ll be able to do it so that you give your self an opportunity of stepping into his group.
“Enjoying the soccer we do has been actually pleasant for myself personally.
“It has added a special dimension to my sport, so it has been sensible.”
Vardy’s objectives at Stoke on Saturday helped full Leicester’s most complete win of the marketing campaign.
It additionally moved them 11 factors clear on the prime of the desk, and retains them on monitor to probably break the Championship factors report.
Defeat by Coventry Metropolis in mid-January is Leicester’s solely loss in 14 league video games, relationship again to mid-November.
“You aren’t going to have the ability to win each single sport, that is probably not potential with what number of video games there are,” Vardy mentioned. “So you must take the tough with the graceful.
“When we’ve got had a bit of blip, it is all about refocusing and taking it to the subsequent sport, and ensuring we go on one other large run.
“Hopefully we will carry that on now.”