Wes Morgan makes Jamie Vardy future prediction after Leicester City exit confirmed, ‘sure’ about one thing

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Jamie Vardy is leaving Leicester City this summer, with relegation also now confirmed this week.

If the damaging financial cost of relegation wasn’t enough, and with big decisions for Jon Rudkin on the squad to be made, Vardy then announced his Leicester departure yesterday after 13 seasons with the Foxes.

Vardy believes relegation is a total embarrassment but it is clear that there is a competitive and financial gap which continues to increase between the Premier League and the Championship, meaning they will now be a part of the 2025/26 Championship line-up.

Joining in 2012, the 38-year-old was the most expensive player in non-league history at the time, signing for £1 million from Fleetwood Town. Since then, gaining a reputation in the Premier League as an iconic player and he also won two Championship titles, one Premier League, and the FA Cup and Community shield.

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Wes Morgan reacts to ‘strange’ Jamie Vardy departure from Leicester City

The question of where next is bound to be asked many times, with Vardy a boyhood Sheffield Wednesday fan. But there are numerous other options and Wes Morgan, his former captain after lifting the title together with Leicester, has had his say.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Morgan said: “He’s still got the legs, he’s still got the energy, he’s still got the desire, and he’ll probably want to play at the highest level possible.

“So, if it’s not the UK, I’m sure I can see him in the MLS. Obviously, you know what happens in Saudi — that can entice you. Who knows?

“Absolutely [it would be strange to see him in another shirt in England]. Everyone is used to seeing him in the royal blue with a fox on, performing week in, week out for Leicester City.

“It’s going to be strange. Definitely the dawn of a new era at Leicester, that’s for certain. Whatever happens, I wish him the best of luck.”

Vardy included Morgan in his all-time XI and they evidently had a fantastic team spirit during one of the most successful eras of the club, with neither player at all easy to replace. His former manager, Brendan Rodgers — who is now at Celtic, also described Vardy as irreplaceable in light of the news.

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Leicester City’s future is as uncertain as Jamie Vardy’s

As for the future of the veteran striker, Dean Smith’s comments on Vardy from 2024 may point towards him moving to the MLS, as the former Aston Villa and Leicester boss tried to sign him for Charlotte FC.

Vardy epitomises everything that is good about Leicester City. Now he’s going, this part of the Foxes cycle is coming to an end at a time where they are going through their second relegation in three years and just nine years after a Premier League title win.

Their future is as uncertain as Vardy’s is, unless a big summer is put together in the market and both on and off the pitch. However, losing such a character and the soul of the club in many ways — that maybe the hardest thing to replace.

He is Mr. Leicester City and arguably the club’s greatest ever player. How on earth do you go about replacing someone of that status on or off the pitch?