Ruud van Nistelrooy made the claim about Jamie Vardy during his first press conference as Leicester City boss.
It's his second job of his budding managerial career, having taken charge of PSV Eindhoven and comes after his interim stint atDuring Leicester's title-winning campaign, Vardy broke Van Nistelrooy's record as he became the first player to score in 11 consecutive league matches.
"I told him straight away 'we have a big issue we need to get out of the way before we can even start together'."I think I beat him to it. Of course, back in the day I made a tweet about breaking the record and wishing him well, and then nine years later - it's weird how things go sometimes.
"I went into conversations with Leicester because I thought, having spoken to other people, it was a great opportunity to get to know each other.
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