Jamie Vardy has spoken out about the casino incident that landed him in trouble by insisting: "I'm not, and never will be, a racist."
Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy is adamant he is not racist, but fears that will not prevent his reputation from being irreversibly tarnished following an inappropriate comment made in a casino last year.
Vardy hit the headlines for the wrong reasons when he made an offensive remark to an Asian man during a night out, behaviour that was caught on video and resulted in him being fined.
In an extract of his autobiography Jamie Vardy: From Nowhere, My Story serialised in The Sun, Vardy said: "Most convictions get wiped after a period of time.