{"id":33199,"date":"2025-09-10T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/vardy-responds-to-age-criticism-ill-prove-them-wrong-at-cremonese\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:35:27","slug":"vardy-responds-to-age-criticism-ill-prove-them-wrong-at-cremonese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/vardy-responds-to-age-criticism-ill-prove-them-wrong-at-cremonese\/","title":{"rendered":"Vardy Responds to Age Criticism: &#8220;I&#8217;ll Prove Them Wrong&#8221; at Cremonese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0910%2Fr1543598_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nJamie Vardy, the renowned striker, expressed his determination upon being presented as a new player for Cremonese, a Serie A team. The English footballer stated his desire to silence those who doubt his ability.\n\nVardy responded firmly to questions about his age and performance, making it clear that age is just a number and that his goal is to prove his worth on the field.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I must prove them wrong. As long as my legs keep performing and feeling fresh, I will keep playing.<\/p><cite>Jamie Vardy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe striker was enthusiastic about joining the Italian club, highlighting the influence of coach Davide Nicola in his decision. Vardy emphasized the importance of feeling valued and the ambition to keep Cremonese in the top category of Italian football, a situation similar to the one he experienced at Leicester City.\n\nThe English striker arrives at Cremonese after a successful spell at Leicester City, where he led the team to the conquest of the Premier League in 2016, in a historic season.\n\nVardy, at 38 years old, signed a one-year contract with Cremonese, with an option for a second season, and will wear the number 10 jersey. He is expected to make his debut against Hellas Verona.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0518%2Fr1494785_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nSimone Giacchetta, Cremonese&#8217;s sporting director, highlighted Vardy&#8217;s arrival as an example of how someone can become special through their values.\n\nVardy also mentioned the influence of Enzo Maresca, who was his coach at Leicester in the 2023-24 season, as preparation for the defensive tactics of Serie A. In addition, he thanked the support of Claudio Ranieri, former Leicester coach, who recommended his signing to Cremonese.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Vardy, the renowned striker, expressed his determination upon being presented as a new player for Cremonese, a Serie A team. The English footballer stated his desire to silence those who doubt his ability. Vardy responded firmly to questions about his age and performance, making it clear that age is just a number and that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[8539,2467,147,607],"class_list":{"0":"post-33199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-cremonese","9":"tag-jamie-vardy","10":"tag-serie-a","11":"tag-soccer"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}