He was the one Leicester 'star' that I was sure we wouldn't lose!
He and potentially Huth were the ones I thought had the biggest chance of going. They are older players who above others can't as easily afford to wait a year and move next year if/when Leicester plummet down the table.
If Leicester do badly next year then at 30 and after a season scoring less who would be offering Vardy over 100k a week? I can still see Vardy staying and using it as leverage to get a higher wage at Leicester but Leicester should also be sensible, 20mil + for a 29yr old whose game is heavily involved in running around at a crazy intensity all game. If Leicester want to establish themselves longer term investing money wisely, taking over valued offers for players when available and buying younger players is the sensible approach.
For Arsenal though, this is Wenger at his ever worst. Vardy doesn't suit our game, I'm not saying Vardy has poor interplay, he doesn't but a lot of his effectiveness is playing in a 4-4-2 with the right players playing the way that suits him in every game. Arsenal play a lone striker, a role Vardy doesn't, he would suit Arsenal better as a wide left attacker, unless Wenger knows Sanchez is off and needs a willing worker down the left it's a horrible buy.
We had a chance to buy Higuain, we baulked at 40mil then spent 16mil on Welbeck, gave him a 4 year overpriced contract for his ability level, gave Walcott a new contract for yet more money, gave Giroud a new deal last year despite not being good enough. We still need a Higuain level player, a striker who can beat players, get on the end of counter attacks or play well as part of a team. buying another cheaper wrong striker is just adding to a squad full of players who aren't quite right. It's not cheaper to fill a squad with players who won't work, it would have been FAR cheaper to sell Walcott, buy Higuain, never buy Welbeck, not offer Giroud a much bigger contract after he was relegated to back up striker.
This is once again another time that Wenger buys the wrong player for a middling price and a big contract thinking he's cheap.
Even if Vardy has 1 great season, which I doubt for Arsenal and the way we play, he's going to be offering a 4 or 5 year contract and with literally one good scoring season in his career outside of the conference... it's absolute madness.
