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Nevertheless, Alan Shearer does not have the most fond memories of many of his meetings against City as he described the club’s legendary former captain Vincent Kompany as “the worst” opponent to play against.
“He was just a nightmare to play against, but he had all your attributes, what you’d want in a centre half,” Vardy said of the current Bayern Munich boss.
“He was quick, strong, technically good on the ball and powerful. And if you did manage to just get past him slightly, he was just cleaning you out anyway.
“You just had to get used to it and get ready for a battle that day.
“There weren’t any dark arts behind it at all. It was just, if it needed to be done, it was going to be done. At the end of the day, he wanted to keep a clean sheet that day. He wanted to win for City, so that’s just how he was. Literally every time you watched him play or played against him, his heart was on his sleeve and he just always gave one hundred per cent.”
Leicester’s title win is arguably the greatest achievement in sporting history. Nobody gave them a chance and yet they lost just three games the whole season, collecting 81 points and finishing 10 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal.
Other teams could not live with their counter-attacking style. N’Golo Kante covered half of the earth in midfield and Riyad Mahrez conjured up magic on the right flank.
There were many factors behind why Leicester reached such dizzying heights, but Vardy genuinely believes the close bond with all the players and their other halves – and the subsequent nights out – was essential to their “proper togetherness” and incredible success on the pitch.
I think what got us through most of it, which a lot of people don’t realise, is just how close the group actually was,” Vardy stated.
“It was so close-knit with everyone’s wives, girlfriends, the players. If someone mentioned, we’re going to go out on Saturday because we’re off Sunday, everyone would go.
“You can’t take that for granted because I think that’s how you get a proper togetherness. You can’t just make a team bond in a dressing room on a training pitch and stuff. You need to see each other outside of football as well and it was constant for the whole season.”
The celebrations carried on long into the night at Vardy HQ. But has had he many parties since then?
“And I think they’re the better ones where they’re just, they’re off the cuff. You weren’t expected to do it and everyone just comes and has a laugh.”
personally on the football side, I don’t think you can ever be too old to learn something new. So from that side of things,
It’s given me a different aspect into what I was already capable of as a footballer and different options for myself. And yeah, it’s been good. It’s different cultures and you just go in, you just have to immerse yourself with it.”
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