'To be honest' - Leicester City legend Jamie Vardy makes admission over Sheffield Wednesday return possibility
Jamie Vardy provides clarity amid talk of an emotional return to Sheffield Wednesday
Jamie Vardy has poured cold water on the prospect of an emotional homecoming move to his boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday.
The 39-year-old is seeking pastures new as a free agent after suffering relegation from Serie A with Cremonese.
Wednesday have been linked with the Leicester City legend, who was released by the Owls as a teenager.
Jamie Vardy on likelihood of Sheffield Wednesday return
However, on his podcast ‘Jamie Vardy’s Having A Party’,the marksman admitted he cannot see a move back to S6 materialising.
When asked about the possibility of a Wednesday return, Vardy replied: “In short, no. It's one of them things, I've always said that once I was let go then that chapter was kind of...shut. That's just me, that's how I am. It wasn't meant to be so it's never meant to be, kind of thing.”
The podcast’s presenter Manish Bhasin then suggested it would feel like a full-circle moment, to which Vardy responded: “I just can’t see it happening, to be honest.”
Vardy had previously scotched talk of a move back to Leicester, who will do battle with Wednesday in League One next season following their respective relegations.
He said: “Nah, that’s gone. I’ll always support them (Leicester) and follow them, that’s the best thing I can do now.”
Jamie Vardy’s remarkable career journey
Vardy went into non-league football after being cast aside by Wednesday, making a now-famous climb through the pyramid.
He starred for Stocksbridge Park Steels, FC Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town before Leicester took him into the EFL in 2012. A remarkable 13-year stay - during which he scored 200 goals in 500 appearances and won the Premier League title - followed.
Vardy made 29 appearances for Cremonese last season, registering seven goals.