Overview
- Vardy spent the 2025–26 season at Cremonese after leaving Leicester and scored seven goals with three assists in 29 Serie A appearances but could not prevent the club’s relegation to Serie B.
- Cremonese’s drop to 18th place voided a reported one-year extension and left Vardy a free agent who has returned to the UK.
- On his newly launched podcast he described daily training as relentless and counterproductive to match performance, saying players arrived to games physically drained.
- He criticised the influence of sporting directors at Italian clubs, saying they dictate too many decisions in the dressing room and on preparation.
- Vardy said moving his family to Italy was ‘a struggle’ and that he felt guilty about uprooting his children, a factor he cited in his decision not to remain for a Serie B campaign and in plans to seek his next club in England.