Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has confirmed that he had snubbed Arsenal in the summer in favour of staying with the Premier League champions.
The Gunners have tried to sign the high profile striker who has helped Leicester clinch the title last season but has failed to land him as they eventually signed Lucas Perez from Spain.
“It wasn’t to do with ‘loyalty’ or how I feel about my teammates,” Vardy wrote in his autobiography. “Players always come and go.
“It was more a case of seeing Leicester as a club that wanted to build on what we achieved with the title and I want to be part of that. I’m happy with how everything has turned out.
“‘The dream continues,’ Claudio texted me after I agreed to stay. That’s exactly how I felt, too.”
