A new striker is needed but it is a cloudy issue. Jack Cooke gets stuck in.
Is Jamie Vardy the key to England’s Euro success? The, 5ft 10, 29 year old is what the nation needs. 
Since signing a record breaking transfer fee of £1,000,000 for Leicester city, the golden lad has boosted the boys in blue to the number one spot, in one of the highest quality leagues of football. But his form and quality is not temporary. Before signing for Leicester he spent 2010 playing for Halifax Town making a name for himself by scoring 26 goals in his debut season. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
In addition to his goal scoring, Vardy is known for his high work-rate, relentless running, and direct approach; he is also an extremely fast and dynamic striker, who is good in the air, and capable of striking the ball with both feet, which is essential for penetrating and exploiting the defences of other vulnerable national teams. England coach and Sky Sports guest Gary Neville commented on how Vardy’s approach influences teammates: “he sets the tempo and the tone for the rest of the team and gives no other player behind him any excuse for not working hard.” Meaning he will also benefit his teammates and boost overall morale of team mates as well as the nation.
Many have recognised Vardy as a talented player but it remains that he is inexperienced in the field of national level football. Vardy has only ever played for four clubs in his career and only three of them being league teams. Not only having played for three league teams they have been seen as “underdog” teams consisting of; Halifax Town, Fleetwood Town and Leicester City. On 21 May 2015, Vardy was called up to the England national football team for the first time ahead of a friendly against the Republic of Ireland and a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Slovenia. He made his debut on the 7th of June in the goalless draw at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, replacing captain Wayne Rooney for the final 15 minutes. Therefore reflecting the little time he has on field as part of a national football team.
At Fleetwood Town, the team was built around him and Vardy had always been the main man there. He settled in really quickly and wasn’t afraid to say what he thought. That’s the confidence that sometimes you need and you can see it with the way he’s playing on the pitch. So how does this stop him from adapting and settling in with the England squad? Clearly Vardy will be comfortable and innovate the team with his unique and attacking playstyle. He was a big man at a little club but the tides have changed and now he is a big man at a big club and has colossal chances to be the main man of one of the biggest teams in the world.
So Jamie Vardy may be what England needs but who knows? The only way to find out is give it a shot. England manager Roy Hodgson gave every indication Leicester’s record-breaking striker Vardy is very much part of his Euro 2016 plans. You can’t get much better contribution than match-winning goals, but he has done an awful lot of running, chasing, making very good runs behind defenders, constantly being a thorn in the side of every defence he has played against and working his socks off making him an ideal choice for England. His latest action that everyone is talking about truly reflects the audacious and mighty lengths he will go to for his team.
Nothing is more satisfying than seeing this prodigy score a 25 yard screamer.
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