The Leicester City supporters who enter the Transfer Tavern on a regular basis have drunk the place out of champagne already this season as their team sits in a lofty third place in the Premier League.
The Foxes’ superb form is quite simply down to the team as a collective but one man has put the punters on the edge of their stools in the Tavern and it is England international Jamie Vardy.
His magnificent run of form has seen him notch eleven goals already this season and if he scores in his next two games he will match Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scoring in ten consecutive top flight games.
After rising from non-league to the Premier League, it really is a remarkable story and here are five stats about the Sheffield-born striker for the punters to get stuck into over their burger and a pint this evening.
Hit Vardy below to see FIVE sensational facts about the current Premier League leading scorer!
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£30-per-week
A measly £30 probably wouldn’t get you drunk on a night out in the Transfer Tavern following the landlord’s price increases, but it was the money Vardy picked up from Stocksbridge Park Steels when he first started his career.
The paltry sum will seem a distant past for the 28-year-old now as he pockets his Premier League wages but that is just one of the indications as to just how far he has come.
Whilst with the Sheffield-based club he scored an impressive 66 goals in 107 games before moving to Halifax Town.
Goals, goals and more goals
Since Vardy began playing football in 2007 his goal scoring statistics are quite frankly frightening!
The little magician has netted 162 goals in 292 appearances and although a lot of those came in non-league, it is still an impressive achievement nonetheless.
Leicester fans will be hoping his form can continue throughout this campaign and that his current run isn’t a flash in the pan.
Double up!
The 28-year-old has this season already netted over double the amount of goals he amassed last season.
His England call-up towards the back end of last season came on the back of just five Premier League goals, which naturally caused people to question his worth.
His eleven this time around though have more than answered his critics and at this rate he looks set for a 20-goal haul from the 2015/16 campaign.
£1 million?
Vardy could prove to be one of the best pieces of business in the history of Leicester City Football Club.
His fee of £1 million seemed a lot of money at the time Leicester paid the fee to Fleetwood Town, but looking back now it is an absolute steal.
His goals this season alone have contributed in ensuring that the money spent on Vardy nearly three years ago now looks like an absolute bargain.
49,500
This figure represents the number of followers Vardy has on social media site Twitter.
The forward is an active Tweeter and is keen to update his followers after every match he plays in, which can be fairly satisfying as a supporter.
Given his new found stardom it remains to be seen whether this trait will continue, but one thing is certain that if current form continues, the amount of people following the 28-year-old will only rocket even more.
