Sheffield United will be hoping to keep their unbeaten start on their return to the Premier League going when they face Leicester City at Bramall Lane on Saturday.
Chris Wilder’s men have four points from their opening two games having drawn 1-1 at Bournemouth first before beating Crystal Palace 1-0 at home last weekend.
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The Blades have made a good start despite being one of the bookies’ favourites to get relegated to the Championship.
However if they can continue their run, United will give themselves a great chance of survival.
And they’ll fancy their chances against a Leicester side who have yet to taste victory this season, although their last match saw them claim a creditable point at Chelsea.
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But one player who will be extra determined to spoil the Sheffield United party is Foxes striker Jamie Vardy, who actually has previous with the club.
The last time Leicester played the Blades was in an FA Cup tie during the 2017/18 season which the Foxes won 1-0, Vardy scoring the winner.
Vardy always enjoys scoring goals but this one would have been all the more sweet because he actually grew up a fan of United’s local rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
He was on Wednesday’s books as a youngster but got released as a 16-year-old before his brilliant rise from non-league to the Premier League.
His love for the Owls has never faded though and in the build-up to that cup tie he lambasted former Foxes team-mate Harry Maguire for sitting on the fence.
Like Vardy, Maguire grew up a Wednesday fan, however, he ended up playing for United in his youth and the early years of his professional career.
So when Leicester got drawn against his former club, Maguire tweeted: “Lovely draw. Can’t wait for that one. #facup #lcfc #sufc”
Maguire’s split loyalties didn’t sit well with Vardy who said in an interview with the Leicester Mercury: “This is annoying me now.
“He is not from the other half. I’m going to spill the beans because I’m fed up of him. Breezeblock.
“He was a Sheffield Wednesday fan but when he signed for United he started supporting United as well, which in Sheffield is a big no.
“You are one or the other, you can’t support both.
“He needs to pick, he is starting to wind me up. He is one of them, ‘Well I like both Sheffield teams.’ You can’t. You’re either blue and white or red and white, in Sheffield.”
But Maguire plays for Manchester United now so there shouldn’t be any danger of the Leicester players feeling conflicted, or they’ll have Vardy to deal with…
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