Jamie Vardy dumbstruck by EPL title triumph

Jamie Vardy struggled to sum up his feelings after his brace in a 3-1 win over Everton set the scene for Leicester City’s Premier League trophy celebrations on Saturday.

Vardy scored twice, and missed a penalty, on his return from a two-game suspension to take his tally for the campaign to 24 goals — one shy of Tottenham Hotspur marksman Harry Kane, his England colleague.

The 29-year-old striker was a non-league footballer as recently as 2012, having been playing in England’s seventh tier two years prior to that, and his rags-to-riches rise has come to symbolise Leicester’s 5,000-1 triumph. “I can’t put it into words,” Vardy told Sky Sports. “It’s been a long and hard process to get where I am.”

“It is an unbelievable feeling for everyone involved. I can’t describe it,” Vardy added. “I think someone must have put a spell on me to make it happen.

“Everyone works hard for each other. It if weren’t for the lads then I wouldn’t be on the goals that I have scored.

“You don’t get nowhere by not having foundations and players having the talent to get results. We are like brothers.”

Vardy was joined on Leicester’s lap of honour by his fiancee, Becky Nicholson, and carried his one-year-old daughter, Sofia, in his arms.

Meanwhile, Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel had his picture taken by his famous father, Peter, who won five Premier League trophies while keeping goal for Manchester United.

“This is what dreams are made of,” Schmeichel Jnr said. “It is what you dream of as a kid. It is hard to put into words.

“You can see everywhere we go we have had a fantastic response,” he said.