Looking For The Next Vardy

Top Scouts Say the Search for Unpolished Diamonds Has Intensified After the Success of a Certain Leicester and England Striker

TURNING out each and every week to run around a gloomy, mud-spattered pitch takes a certain amount of dedication to the game. Especially when you are playing for a NonLeague team with seemingly no hope of progressing through the ranks.

Although Jamie Vardy’s ‘zero-to-hero’ experience undoubtedly plants a seed of hope that someone of influence may just be out there watching, for many young players being scouted for a higher level team is just a distant dream. Or is it?

Perhaps as a result of ‘striking gold’ when taking a chance on Vardy, scouts are now keeping a keen eye on teams lower down the ladder, as team wear supplier Kitlocker discovered in a recent interview with Crystal Palace’s chief scout Tim Coe and Revo Sports Management scout Joel Purkiss.

The top scouts revealed that all eyes are on lower league teams, and professional clubs are more than ready to take a chance on fresh talent.