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Jamie Vardy wants to buy an expensive mansion but locals not happy

Britain Soccer Football - Leicester City v Southampton - Premier League - King Power Stadium - 2/10/16 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is buying an expensive country mansion but locals in the rugby-mad village are not happy about it.

According to The Sun, Vardy has cashed in the modest house he bought when he was “a nobody” and upgraded to a swanky eight-bed in sleepy Lincolnshire countryside.

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