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'You deserve to be in the pub, not have Vardy's career' – Wilder tells big talkers to 'shut up' ahead of Leicester clash

The Blades take on the Foxes on Thursday evening and the coach has lavished praise on the Premier League's top scorer

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has sent a message to pub patrons who claim they were unlucky not to have a career in football to “shut up”, as they clearly did not have the same desire to succeed as Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.

Vardy came up the hard way in the footballing ranks, first being released by Sheffield Wednesday as a youth and grafting his way through the lower tiers before eventually being signed by Nigel Pearson for the Foxes in 2012.