Vardy's pre-match diet: Port, omelette and Red Bull
Jamie Vardy revealed that he drinks port the night before a match followed by a cheese and ham omelette and three Red Bulls on matchday.
Jamie Vardy revealed that he drinks port the night before a match followed by a cheese and ham omelette and three Red Bulls on matchday.
Vardy said that he started drinking port the night before a match last season as a superstition, because he tried the drink before Leicester's 4-2 victory over Sunderland on the opening game of the season, in which he scored.
"I can't say why it started, because I genuinely don't know, but I decided to drink a glass of port on the eve of every game in the 2015–16 season," Vardy writes in his book.
"I'm not normally superstitious but from the moment I scored against Sunderland on the opening day, I didn't want to change anything.
"I fill a small plastic water or Lucozade bottle to halfway and just sip the port while watching television".
On a match day, Vardy pumps as much caffeine into his body as he can and eats a cheese and ham omelette.
"So three Red Bulls, a double espresso and a cheese-and-ham omelette is what makes me run around like a nutjob on a match day".