Asked about his future, he said: “We need to try to focus on being higher in the table”.
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Tiote, however, felt the team were due a few luck, having played far better and lost in a few of their previous games. This affront to the traditional order clearly can not stand, and it’s only a matter of time before the big boys move in to poach the Foxes’ stand-out performers, striker Jamie Vardy and midfielder Riyad Mahrez.
Mahrez, who is also a Manchester United target according to the report, has made 11 appearances for Leicester City in the league this season, scoring 7 goals – 2 from the penalty spot – and recording 5 assists while playing as a right midfielder in Claudio Ranieri’s 4-4-2 tactical scheme.
Vardy is battling to be fit to have a shot at the record, set in 2003, after missing England’s defeat to Spain and Tuesday night’s Wembley win over France with a hip problem.
With his place in doubt for the Leicester game this weekend, it seems that Vardy will take painkillers to get him through the game and give him the chance to put himself into the annuls of history. “He works so hard for the team and everyone is urging him to keep the run going, break records and I can say we’re all delighted to see it happening”.
“He has got fire, he could heat a cold room”.
“I was with him three years ago, I absolutely love him”. He can do what he wants, he can.
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Vardy joined the Foxes from £1m from Fleetwood in May 2012 and has since scored 38 goals in league and cup for the club. “It’s a fantastic story and I up to my part in it I told the tale and he’s moved on massively since he left me”, he said.
