Leicester City forward Ayoze Perez regards team-mate Jamie Vardy amongst the best strikers he’s played with. Perez joined the club during the summer on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £30m and has already scored three times in his 12 league appearances.
The Spaniard, formerly of Newcastle United and Tenerife, has been highly complimentary of his team-mate.
“Jamie Vardy is such a great striker,” he said, according to Leicester Mercury. “I used to play as a striker and now I realise how good he is, how fast he is and the movement he makes.
“He is able to score loads of goals and also give assists. He is a very complete striker. We are lucky to have him with us and we need to take advantage of that.
“Whatever age he is, he is still that fast, he is still that rapid and sharp. You have got the advantage sometimes of putting the ball in behind and you know he is going to make that run and win the race. He is crucial for us and we need to keep giving him good balls to keep scoring goals.
“He is a goal machine. He is able to score lots of goals and sometimes give the team a breather. When you are able to play counter attack and go long, he is going to win it. He is always there and in the box he moves very well.”
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Despite being the wrong side of 30, Vardy, who is valued at £18 million (Transfermarkt), remains as rapid as ever and his speed across the ground gives central-defenders nightmares. Currently the Premier League’s leading goalscorer, the Englishman is displaying the kind of form that saw him fire the Foxes to the title in 2015/16.
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He and Perez have already formed a good understanding and both got themselves on the scoresheet in the away win at Brighton last weekend. Not only has Brendan Rodgers signed well but he’s managed to get the maximum out of those who were already there – something that could not be said of Claude Puel.