Not everyone wants to join the Jamie Vardy party.
The Leicester City striker is the talk of the Premier League at the moment after his record-breaking season.
Vardy scored in his 11th successive league game for Leicester in their clash against Manchester United on Saturday, which saw him surpass a record previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy The fact that he has risen through the ranks from non-League to top flight is also a pretty remarkable story.
However, Daily Telegraph journalist Jonathan Liew wasn’t so keen on celebrating the Vardy party after the game on Saturday.
https://twitter.com/jonathanliew/status/670662791179710465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Liew was referencing a video that emerged earlier this year which showed Vardy allegedly racially abusing an Asian man in a casino by repeatedly calling him “Jap”.
The journalist received a lot of flak on Twitter over his comment, which spurred him to explain his reasoning behind it in a lengthy Facebook post which you can read in full below.
So I’ve been getting a bit of “heat” overnight – mostly from Leicester fans, but not entirely – for pointing out that…
Posted by Jonathan Liew on Sunday, November 29, 2015
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