{"id":850163,"date":"2026-08-10T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850163\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:50:09","slug":"jamie-vardy-linked-with-stunning-english-football-return-as-surprise-club-targets-leicester-city-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850163\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Vardy linked with STUNNING English football return as surprise club targets Leicester City legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:start\">Vardy\u2019s potential return follows a stint in Serie A with Cremonese, where he managed to find the net seven times in 29 appearances. Despite his individual contributions, the club suffered the heartbreak of relegation on the final day of the season, leading to his departure as a free agent in June. The forward was also spotted undergoing medical checks at Leicester City\u2019s training ground recently, though it was quickly clarified that he would not be rejoining the Foxes, the club where he famously\u00a0scored 200 goals in 500 appearances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">At 39, Vardy has made it clear that retirement is not yet on the agenda. He remains determined to play at least one more professional season at a high level. West Ham, buoyed by the financial security of parachute payments, are in a strong position to offer the veteran a lucrative contract that reflects his status as a Premier League legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vardy\u2019s potential return follows a stint in Serie A with Cremonese, where he managed to find the net&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,9663,420893,596,420894,53744,221561,1614,10815,420895,312244,85,1529],"class_list":["post-850163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-championship","tag-cremonese","tag-football","tag-j-vardy","tag-league-one","tag-leicester-city","tag-premier-league","tag-serie-a","tag-serie-b","tag-sheffield-wednesday","tag-sports","tag-west-ham-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}