The year has not been going well for English striker Jamie Vardy, famous for helping Leicester City win the English Premier League in 2016 after a fairytale rise from playing seventh division soccer while supplementing his income with factory work. The 36-year-old has scored one EPL goal this season with Leicester City as it battles against relegation, sitting two points above the drop zone.

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