Jamie Vardy scored in 11 consecutive games for Leicester last season but now has no goals in 11 games... so what's gone wrong for the England striker?

Twelve months ago Jamie Vardy was writing his name into Premier League folklore by scoring in 11 consecutive games. You know the rest: Leicester's fairytale, the Hollywood movie, (briefly) rescuing England at Euro 2016, rejecting Arsenal, having a party etc.
 
But this November Vardy has reached another 11-game milestone, and it's not the stuff that film scripts are made of: he has now not scored in 11 consecutive games for Leicester.

The man who stunned the world - and not just those obsessed with football - with his metamorphosis from non-League cast-off to world-class hot-shot is suddenly struggling.



His goalscoring record of two goals in 15 games this season looks more like what you'd expect from a striker who came to the Premier League via Fleetwood, Halifax and Stocksbridge Park Steels. While Leicester have shone during their debut Champions League campaign, Vardy has no goals in four European starts.
All of which begs the question: is this the real Jamie Vardy?

Arsene Wenger certainly didn't think last season was a glorious one-off, or he wouldn't have matched the £20million buyout clause in Vardy's old contract. Time will tell if the 29-year-old Yorkshireman will live to regret his brave decision to say no to Wenger and have a crack at the big stage with the side that first brought him glory.


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