{"id":616073,"date":"2022-08-10T05:41:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T09:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616073"},"modified":"2022-08-10T05:41:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T09:41:31","slug":"jamie-vardy-contract-extension-manchester-united-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/10\/jamie-vardy-contract-extension-manchester-united-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United and Chelsea Target Now in Contract Extension Talks With Premier League Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1651591\/Man-Utd-Chelsea-Jamie-Vardy-transfer-Leicester-new-contract-Premier-League-gossip-rumours\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reported<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/09\/manchester-united-cody-gakpo-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/09\/chelsea-ronnie-edwards-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> target Jamie Vardy has been offered a contract extension by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/02\/newcastle-united-leicester-city-james-maddison\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a>, which would see the 35-year-old stay at the club beyond the 2022\/23 season, according to Rob Tanner of <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3492197\/2022\/08\/09\/jamie-vardy-leicester-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Jamie Vardy Offered One-Year Contract Extension by Leicester City<\/h2>\n<h3>Striker One of Nine Players in Final Year<\/h3>\n<p>As reported by Rob Tanner, Jamie Vardy has been offered a one-year contract extension by Leicester, with the new terms keeping the 35-year-old at the club through to the end of the 2023\/24 season.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1650398\/Man-Utd-Chelsea-kept-informed-Jamie-Vardy-transfer-Leicester-contract\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speculation<\/a> mounting over the striker&#8217;s future, this will be welcome news for Leicester City fans with a potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/15\/overachievers-big-six-challengers-leicester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">crucial transfer window<\/a> in danger of going from bad to worse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/05\/leicester-city-duo-not-for-sale\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City Duo Not for Sale This Summer Amid Premier League Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Jamie Vardy is &#39;being monitored by Manchester United&#39; as solution to striker problems <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jBu6j1gD3O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jBu6j1gD3O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SPORTbible (@sportbible) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportbible\/status\/1554768857306480641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Leicester Look to Secure Key Players<\/h3>\n<p>Despite an injury-disrupted previous season, Vardy still proved to be one of Leicester&#8217;s key players, once again topping the club&#8217;s league scoring charts with 15 goals from just 25 appearances. Manager Brenden Rodgers clearly has no concerns about the former England international&#8217;s ability diminishing with age, either, starting Vardy in their opening game against Brentford, and talking in great detail of his performance in pre-season also.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Leicester have yet to dip into the transfer market, the East-Midlands club have at least signed several of their squad members to long-term deals and are looking to secure the future of others.<\/p>\n<p>James Justin and Wesley Fofana have recently signed contracts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11063265\/Leicester-star-man-James-Maddison-offered-new-contract-stellar-Premier-League-campaign.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Maddison<\/a> is reportedly considering an improved offer in light of interest from Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>With nine first-team players including new Club Captain Jonny Evans, as well as Caglar Soyuncu, Youri Tielemans and Daniel Amartey out of contract at the end of the 2022\/23 campaign, Leicester will hope that they can hold on to their biggest talents, starting with Vardy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reported Manchester United and Chelsea target Jamie Vardy has been offered a contract extension by Leicester City, which would see the 35-year-old stay at the club beyond the 2022\/23 season, according to Rob Tanner of The Athletic. 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