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Jamie Vardy's wife Rebekah denies she leaked information from the Leicester City dressing room about team-mates 'fuming' at Riyad Mahrez 'not turning up for training' as her text messages to her agent are read out in the High Court

Rebekah Vardy tried to ‘do the dirty’ and spill the beans on unrest in the Leicester City dressing room when star player Riyad Mahrez went ‘on strike’, the High Court heard.

The court heard Vardy, 40, contacted her agent Caroline Watt after Mahrez failed to turn up for training for the second day running back in 2018.

At the time of the exchange in February, four years ago, Mahrez was seeking a move to Manchester City.

Rebekah Vardy was questioned about whether she leaked information about husband Jamie Vardy's former team-mate Riyad Mahrez after he didn't turn up for training at Leicester
Mahrez, pictured here with wife Taylor Ward, was said to have left his team-mates 'fuming'
Messages suggested leaking the story to Sky Sports reporter Rob Dorsett, who subsequently tweeted the above at the time Mahrez was angling for a move away from Leicester

In the WhatsApp message Vardy wrote: ‘Mahrez not turned up for training again.