Speaking to the Guardian ahead of a new Netflix documentary, Jamie Vardy said he would not move into management when his playing career ends, saying simply: “Management, no. They’re at the training ground even longer than the players. I can’t.”
The report traces Vardy’s rise from non-league football — four years with Stocksbridge Park Steels and a season at Fleetwood Town in which he scored 31 goals in 36 Conference Premier matches — to his move to Leicester City in 2012. The report says that after two seasons in the Championship and a dramatic escape from relegation, Vardy played a central role in Leicester’s improbable 5000/1 Premier League title, scoring 24 goals that season and following with double‑figure tallies in each of the next six campaigns.
The article notes Vardy’s trophy haul at Leicester, which includes the Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield, and contrasts that peak with the club’s recent struggles, described in the report as consecutive relegations. It adds that Vardy is now at Serie A side Cremonese, with the report noting five Serie A goals in 26 appearances this season, and that the club are on the brink of relegation to Serie B.
The report says Vardy is 39, did not reach the English Football League until he was 25 and remains focused on playing while he can. According to the article, his Cremonese contract expires at the end of June and includes an option for a further year. Asked about life after playing, Vardy told the Guardian he has not thought far ahead, saying: “I’m very much: ‘get today out the way, go to sleep and see what tomorrow brings’ and I’ve always been like that,” and the report concludes with the observation that only time will tell whether he takes another season or a final push to keep Cremonese in Serie A.
