Chris Wilder hails Jamie Vardy's rise ahead of Sheffield United's trip to Leicester City
Daily MailChris Wilder tells his mates in the pub to 'shut up' when claiming they could have made it as a footballer, reminding them that Jamie Vardy overcame countless setbacks to get to the top. The pair meet on Thursday when Wilder's Sheffield United travel to Vardy's Leicester City with both clubs in the hunt for European qualification. Wilder was born in Stocksbridge, the Sheffield parish where Vardy rebuilt his career for non-League Stocksbridge Park Steels following his release by boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday. Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has heaped praise on Leicester's Jamie Vardy Sheffield Wednesday fan Vardy will be hoping to score against his bitter rivals on Thursday And the Blades boss has nothing but admiration for the Premier League's top goalscorer, as he revealed: 'I go to the pub quite often after a win and it makes me smile when I'm sat in company and people say, "Yeah, I could have made it… I was a bit unlucky with injury… it could have been me".
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