{"id":1185034,"date":"2022-08-20T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/20\/jamie-vardy-leicesters-third-highest-scorer-has-agreed-to-a-contract-extension-until-june-2024\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T14:00:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T14:00:26","slug":"jamie-vardy-leicesters-third-highest-scorer-has-agreed-to-a-contract-extension-until-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/20\/jamie-vardy-leicesters-third-highest-scorer-has-agreed-to-a-contract-extension-until-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Vardy, Leicester&#8217;s Third-Highest Scorer, Has Agreed To A Contract Extension Until June 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has signed a contract extension until 2024, committing his future to the club just days after being linked with moves to Manchester United and Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2fa3a05ebf754cdca1b0a104907a375a\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vardy became the Foxes&#8217; third-highest goal scorer of all time, with 164 goals, he was signed from then-non-league Fleetwood Town in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>With the Foxes, the 35-year-old striker has won the Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield, and Championship trophies, and he celebrated a decade at the club in May this year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/9bd6258d2e7e481bbab79b0c7ede3bfc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since joining Leicester City in 2012, Vardy has gone on to establish himself as one of the world&#8217;s leading strikers.<\/p>\n<p>He was a key figure in the club&#8217;s promotion to the top-flight in 2013\/14, finding the net on 16 occasions, and played a vital role in City&#8217;s historic escape from relegation upon City&#8217;s return to the Premier League in 2014\/15.<\/p>\n<p>Vardy scored 24 goals in all competitions during Leicester City&#8217;s title-winning season,  11 in a row in the Premier League, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy&#8217;s record of ten with a superb finish against Manchester United at King Power Stadium in November 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4c426a5adfa54f1fb7a7e7cad1990676\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The English striker&#8217;s contract extension has made him the Foxes&#8217; highest earner on \u00a3140,000 per week, and it means Manchester United head Erik Ten Hag has missed out on another target as Vardy elected to pen a new deal, implying he will likely conclude his top-flight career with the Foxes.<\/p>\n<p>Vardy told LCFC TV following the signing, \u201cI\u2019m obviously over the moon. Once I heard it was something the Club was looking at, there was only one thing that was going to happen, and I was going to sign it. The decision was easy. I\u2019ve been here long enough now that I feel like part of the furniture. I think you can see with the way we\u2019re trying to play, the way the Club\u2019s wanting to go, that it\u2019s going to be onwards and upwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cf8d3465e7744576a609a041a3501403\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: atspo.com (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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