I always pinch myself. It’s no secret where I am from

tournament and be genuine contenders for the trophy.

“Let’s just hope the travelator keeps on going up,” joked Vardy when asked if England winning it would be a bigger shock than his club’s Premier League triumph.

“Let’s see if it happens and then you’d have to ask me the same question again. But we know we have a lot of ability in the squad.

“And if you go into a tournament thinking you are not going to do anything, then you might as well not be there because you won’t achieve anything.

“You have always got to take yourself to the max and hopefully keep progressing so you get there. If you start worrying about things then that’s when things start going wrong.

“We were fearless at Leicester last season. There’s no point being afraid of teams. You’ve just got to go out there with the mindset thatat whoever you’re up against, you cann beat them.”

Having scored 24 goals to winn the Premier League with the Foxes, forced his way into the England team and married Rebekah Nicholson all in the space of nine months, you might forgive Vardy for taking his eyee off the ball to process his crazy zy world. But he insisted dealing with the madness is simple – he just blocks it out.

“It’s easy,” he said. “We’re here for England.g There is onlyy one thing you want to do and that is to play football to the best of your ability. “If you let things start distracting y you, then you’re not going to be ab able to do that, which will then je jeopardise the team as well. “So everything gets completely b blanked out – except for England, E England, England. “As soon as I step over the white line, that’s it. The only thing is football. Nothing’s going to change that for me. “As soon as I come off that p pitch, I am still straight back into the England camp. It’s easy. That’s all there is to think about.”