‘Leipzig turned down Vardy’

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RB Leipzig manager Ralf Rangnick has claimed he turned down the opportunity to sign Jamie Vardy two years ago because he considered the Leicester forward to be too old.

Vardy has helped spearhead Leicester’s unlikely Premier League title challenge this season, scoring 22 goals in 34 matches in only his second year in the top flight. 

But the 29-year-old may have been playing in the second tier of German football had Rangnick not refused to sign players over a certain age.

“We desperately wanted to sign Joe Gomez, who later chose …

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