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Jamie Vardy Says Skittles And Vodka Hindered Injury Recovery Process

Jamie Vardy Says Skittles And Vodka Hindered Injury Recovery Process

The Leicester and England striker shared the story in his auotobiography

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has revealed that mixing Skittles with Vodka hindered his injury recovery process.

The former Non-League hero's autobiography is released this month and The Sun have been releasing snippets from the book - the latest being Vardy's craving for Skittles and Vodka.

Many had thought Vardy was a blue WKD man for years, but prior to his Premier League-winning exploits with Leicester, Skittles and Vodka was his go-to drink.

Jamie Vardy
Jamie Vardy

The Foxes No.9 was suffering from dead leg and was hit with a two-week lay-off.

He writes:

"I had a three-litre vodka ­bottle at home I would put loads of Skittles sweets in. After that, you can drink the vodka neat and it tastes just like Skittles. When I was bored at home in the evening I'd pour myself a glass, sit back and enjoy. The vodka was decent but it wasn't doing much for my dead leg, which didn't stop bleeding for ages."

Vardy revealed he would put as many as "20 batches" of skittles to dissolve into his beverage.

Vardy
Vardy

But during a meeting with Leicester physio David Rennie, Vardy informed him of his drinking and pin-pointed it as a factor in his slow recovery from injury.

"Well, that will be why, then",' Dave said, looking a little shocked, before going on to explain the science behind it and how the alcohol was damaging the healing process." he continued.

Surely Vardy dabbled into his creative drink when Leicester went all the way and won the Premier League last season - Vardy scored an impressive 24 goals along the way for the Foxes.

(h/t The Sun)

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Topics: jamie vardy, Leicester City, Premier League, England