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JAMIE

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JAMIE VARDY can follow in Ian Wright’s footsteps – and become a Premier League ‘goal-den oldie’.

Leicester City’s striker this week joined that select group of players with 100 goals to their name – after firing three more against Crystal Palace and Arsenal.

And Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers reckons he will be banging them in for years to come.

Gunners legend Wright was the only player older than Vardy to crack the century – the current BBC pundit was still finding the net in the top flight just weeks short of his 36th birthday.

And Rodgers says there is no reason why Vardy (right) cannot do the same.

He said: “The journey through non-league was similar for both Jamie and Ian – and both play with a hunger and devilment.

“Ian was someone I loved watching. His enthusiasm, quality and all of those different finishes.

“And Jamie is the same. I see the same with him – that enthusiasm and love for the game. Ian was scoring

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