Leicester city star Jamie Vardy has terminated his contract deal with club refusing not to play again

Leicester City have some big issues to do deal with in the summer – not least the future of the club’s most recognised player

Leicester City need a succession plan for Jamie Vardy – but retaining him for next season would be a ‘good thing’.

That’s according to EFL pundit, and former Nottingham Forest and Coventry City midfielder, David Prutton, who has praised Vardy’s longevity at the King Power Stadium.

The veteran striker has been with the Foxes since 2012 and has been a key player in all of the club’s biggest moments.

However, with his contract coming to an end in the summer and with City preparing for a second relegation in three campaigns, the 38-year-old’s future is in doubt.

Prutton told Football League World: “Jamie Vardy – do you stay at Leicester? Depends – depends what the money’s like, depends how he’s going to be used in what would be a Championship campaign next year. He’s shown last time he was there just how effective he still was.

It’s been brutal all round, hasn’t it, for Leicester in the Premier League, with the standard of teams they’ve come across? They have frustrated at times, they’ve surrendered at times, but on other occasions, they’ve shown fight, so it’s that inherent inconsistency that ends with a team in the bottom three.

“So, Jamie Vardy’s force of personality, the sheer kind of weight of expectation he shoulders from the club and the fans, he has dealt with admirably and I mean unbelievably successful – we’re talking about a player there who’s up there with Leicester’s greatest players.

“So, if he chooses to give it another bash, I think it would be – at some point you’ve got to have a succession plan – but I think a Jamie Vardy force of personality at Leicester City is a good thing.”