Enzo Maresca names the former England star who was better than Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca heaped praise connected Jamie Vardy up of his instrumentality toLeicester City.

The seasoned striker played a cardinal relation successful the Foxes’ promotion run past play nether the Italian who moved to Stamford Bridge successful the summer.

Vardy mightiness not beryllium having a enactment astatine the extremity of this play but helium is inactive banging successful the goals astatine 37 and Maresca rates the striker adjacent much highly than England’s 2 apical goalscorers – Harry Kane and Wayne Rooney.

‘People don’t realise however bully helium is,’ added Maresca. ‘I cognize England person been rather fortunate due to the fact that of Kane and Rooney, this benignant of striker, they are fantastic.

‘But Jamie is, if you inquire me, the champion one.’

Maresca besides lifted the lid connected Leicester’s promotion celebrations and revealed Vardy inactive knows however to bask himself.

Leicester famously toasted their improbable Premier League occurrence successful 2016 with an impromptu bash astatine Vardy’s house.

But the venue for past April’s enactment was not astatine the striker’s abode, but astatine Maresca’s location erstwhile the players turned up unannounced astatine 2am.

Maresca recalled: ‘The champion contiguous I had from past play was erstwhile we got promoted and they arrived astatine my home. All the team.

‘This showed the transportation betwixt the players; they could spell for a enactment astatine a antithetic spot but they each arrived astatine my home. It was a fantastic transportation and I volition ever beryllium thankful for them.

‘I was astatine location celebrating with my unit and my household and astir 2 o’clock successful the greeting each the squad was there. We celebrated each together.

‘When I was a subordinate and I won things I ne'er thought to spell to the manager’s home. That shows the connection.’

Similarly to erstwhile they clinched the Premier League crown, Leicester were not really playing erstwhile they recovered retired they were promoted aft Leeds mislaid astatine QPR.

‘To beryllium honorable I was astatine location watching the crippled and erstwhile it finished each the unit came implicit – and aboriginal the players,’ added the Italian.

‘They didn’t sound connected the door, they were successful the plot and knocked connected the window. What clip did they leave? I don’t remember.’

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