Vardy Apologises For 'embarrassing' Leicester Season

Leicester City skipper Jamie Vardy has described his club's play arsenic "miserable" and a "total embarrassment" aft their relegation from nan Premier League.

Leicester's 1-0 conclusion by Liverpool connected Sunday confirmed an contiguous return to nan Championship, meaning they person been relegated from nan apical formation successful 2 of nan past 3 seasons.

"No words I person tin ever definitive my feelings of anger and sadness pinch nan measurement this play has gone. There are nary excuses," Vardy wrote connected societal media.

"Having been astatine this nine for truthful long, we've knowledgeable truthful galore highs and successes - and this play has been thing but miserable and for maine personally, a full embarrassment. It hurts, and I cognize you're emotion it too.

"To nan fans: I'm sorry. Sorry we haven't performed."

Striker Vardy was portion of nan Leicester broadside that won nan Premier League title successful 2015-16, earlier reaching nan Champions League quarter-finals successful 2016-17 and winning nan FA Cup and Community Shield successful 2021.

Leicester are 19th successful nan Premier League array having won conscionable 18 points from 33 games.

Their fortunes did not amended aft appointing Ruud van Nistelrooy arsenic head successful November, and nan Foxes are now incapable to lucifer nan 34 point-tally that saw them relegated 2 years ago.

Vardy has made 496 appearances for Leicester since joining nan nine from Fleetwood Town successful 2012.

He scored 18 goals arsenic Leicester won nan Championship past season, but this word he has managed conscionable 7 successful nan league.