Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker believes Jamie Vardy would be a walk-up starter if he moved to North London to join Arsenal.
Vardy was linked with a move to the Gunners during the summer before opting to follow a number of teammates and sign a new deal with the Premier League champions.
“It was a big moment, and it was a very surprising moment,” Lineker told TalkSport.
“I thought it said a lot about him as well.
“It’s not all about the big pay day and stuff – especially at this time in his career as it was perhaps his one and only chance of moving to a bigger club. It was a really significant moment.
“It spoke a lot about him and the club and the fact there are ambitions at Leicester.”
“I think he’d walk into Arsenal’s team. Have you seen their centre-forwards?
“They’re fine but they’re not as prolific as Vardy. They are not as quick as Vardy and they don’t give you the options Vardy does. Oliver Giroud is a certain kind of target man. He will get his one goal in three or whatever it is.
“Lucas Perez, who they’ve brought in, I quite like but he’s not going to be as prolific as Vardy. All players believe they will start anyway if they’ve got anything about them. You can tell Vardy is full of confidence.”
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