Recent seasons have left us wondering whether Premier League goalscorers boast superpowers whenever they don a wrist cast.
Luis Suarez started the trend during Liverpool’s run to second place in 2013/14, a season in which he scored 31 Premier League goals.
And the power of the wrist struck once more last season as Jamie Vardy fired Leicester City to the title with his right extremity bandaged, breaking that Ruud van Nistelrooy version that was never meant to go away.
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But soon we may get to finally find out whether the cast has some kind of magic boot effect, Jimmy Grimble-style, or whether little Jamie had the power in him all along but just had to believe in himself.
Vardy has confirmed that he’s had surgery on the wrist injury suffered in last September’s victory over Aston Villa – the real reason for the cast, despite speculation to the contrary.
“The operation would have needed me to sit out for a few weeks, but I was desperate not to miss games,” he told Leicester’s official site.
“We were chasing something unbelievable and I wanted to make sure I was doing my bit with the rest of the boys.”
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So, that’s the end of it, right?
Well, maybe not. Vardy is apparently still protecting the injury for the duration of the Foxes’ pre-season campaign, though he may have fully recovered in time for the Community Shield in early August.
That lookalike might not need to change his costume just yet.
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