Jamie Vardy: Leicester star admits he’s on curfew without the tag after meteoric rise as he enjoys LA trip with wife Becky
Striker has gone from second-choice at relegation candidates to Premier League champion and top scorer and England star in 12 months
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LEICESTER CITY striker Jamie Vardy has admitted he has put himself under a curfew as his life is now "carnage".
The Foxes striker, who was playing non-League football in 2012, has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the last year as Leicester won the Premier League with Vardy finishing as top goalscorer and breaking a record.
The 29-year-old, who scored five Prem goals as Nigel Pearson's team narrowly avoided relegation in 2014-15, flourished under Claudio Ranieri.
With odds of 5,000-1 entering the season, Leicester famously won the title, with Vardy playing a starring role.
Not only did the former Fleetwood Town striker score 24 goals, he set a league record after scoring in 11 consecutive games.
An England call up for Euro 2016 followed, with Vardy scoring against Wales in the group stages.
The striker also turned down a lucrative move to Arsenal, instead choosing to stay with Leicester where a new £100,000-a-week contract was waiting for him.
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An autobiography is out in October and a film is being made about his life, due out next summer.
Life has certainly changed since he was given an electronic tag for six months in 2007 after being convicted of assault.
He told the : "It is carnage. I basically can’t go out at the minute and I don’t leave my house,” he says, closing his eyes and laughing.
"I have put myself on a curfew but without the tag on my ankle [referencing that conviction].
"It was alright-ish before but now it doesn’t matter where you go. It changed after breaking the record, when I scored 11 league goals in a row.
"Now I prefer to stay at home and spend more time with the kids and on my computer, time with my wife. I’m still pinching myself all the time at how the last few years have gone."
Vardy is currently in Los Angeles with the Leicester squad for their pre-season tour.
The striker has been pictured enjoying the sites with wife Becky, ahead of the new season.
Becky, with whom the striker has two daughters, has seemingly been enjoying her new wag status and had a column in The Sun for Euro 2016.
The couple also sold their wedding pictures to a glossy magazine, while Becky was a presence in newspapers and on TV during the Euros.
Wayne Rooney was reported to have told Vardy to ask his wife to keep a lower profile as it was causing a distraction from the squad - something he later denied.
The Foxes face Manchester United in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, before kicking off the defence of their Premier League title at newly-promoted - and currently managerless - Hull City on 13 August.
N'Golo Kante has already left the club and Riyad Mahrez continues to be linked with Arsenal.
But Vardy is hoping the Premier League player of the year will remain at the King Power Stadium.
"We’d obviously love Riyad to stay," he added.
"There is nothing personally I can do, it is down to the club, the player himself and any interested parties.
"On that front there is nothing I can do, but hopefully me signing my contract is a way of showing that clubs can be rejected."
Vardy is also looking forward to playing in the Champions League for the first time.
"I always used to watch the Champions League, no matter who was playing, but this season I’ll miss it because we’re in it... Now I can’t wait to hear that music at the King Power Stadium for the first time."