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I signed Premier League star Jamie Vardy for £16,000… and it was a huge gamble!

Jamie Vardy was able to turn down a £20million move to Arsenal in the summer after a fairytale season with Leicester City.

But it wasn't that long clubs were reluctant to even spend next to nothing on the Premier League winner who netted 24 goals last season for the Foxes.

Former Halifax Town boss Neil Aspin has revealed he wasn't fully convinced of the England international's capabilities when he signed him from Stocksbridge Park Steels in 2010 and admitted he took a lot of advice warning him against the deal.

'It was seen as a big gamble,' the former Halifax boss told FIFA.