Rodgers doesn't expect England return for Vardy

Leicester manr Brendan Rodgers doesn't expect Jamie Vardy to end his England retirement despite his prolific form this season. Vardy has been linked with a return to international football after Three Lions captain Harry Kane ruptured a tendon in his left hamstring that requires surgery. With Vardy sitting top of Premier League's goal charts with 17 this season, it would be natural for England boss Gareth Southgate to consider trying to tempt Foxes star out of his self-imposed exile.

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Rodgers doesn't expect England return for Vardy

Vardy stepped back from England duty in August 2018, but Southgate recently admitted 32-year-old is "a ready-made player who could come in if we felt that was right thing". With Kane absent for March friendlies with Italy and Denmark, it is t beyond realms of possibility that Southgate could lure Vardy back. Rodgers, though, does t see that happening and he said. "Jamie has made his decision on that. He has always been clear and I don't see that changing to be honest."  Yet Rodgers has doubt Vardy could still do a job for Three Lions. He added: " question is t wher he can play for England, he can, re is absolutely question about that. It is wher he wants to." 

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Rodgers has ticed benefits of a fresher Vardy t being away on international duty, with high-flying Foxes reaping rewards this season.

"I don't think it's just playing, but sometimes it's travelling. Sometimes when you go away internationally, you might t train as much, but it is all travelling and everything else around it," Rodgers said.

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"It has given him a chance to refresh, spend some time with his family, do some work in isolation at club, and obviously when we start back he is always fit and raring to go.

"Any player that gets towards that st will tell you that later on in ir career, when y come out of international football and y have that extra time to recover, that definitely helps m." 

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