Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has said that turning down a move to Arsenal in favour of staying at the King Power Stadium was an easy decision to make.

The England international centre forward lit up the Premier League last season as the Foxes romped their way to become English champions.

Vardy broke Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scoring in consecutive Premier League games and his pace and finishing were key elements of Leicester’s success.

Arsenal made a high-profile attempt to snatch the gifted attacker from their title rivals early in the summer window, with the Gunners said to have activated his release clause with Claudio Ranieri’s men.

However, Vardy opted to sign a new contract with Leicester rather than move to the Emirates Stadium - something he has no regrets over doing.

“I was in a hotel room [in Chantilly] for so many hours of every day with nothing to do. You had a lot of time on your hands,” The Guardian quote him as saying.

“I am not going to beat around the bush – every time I thought about it, and every aspect of it I thought about, both my head and my heart were saying to stay at Leicester, which is why I made my decision to stay.

“There were loads of reasons. You get that much time to think about, every single thing down to the tea lady. You think about what might happen, what might not. Where you could be, where not. Every time I thought about every little thing, though, both head and heart were saying ‘you need to stay’.

"I could see people’s point when they assumed I would go, but, deep down, if you don’t think it’s right for you, you don’t do it. It’s as simple as that.

“In my professional life, it was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make, but I haven’t been a professional for that long. It was hard, but it was actually an easy decision to make.”

Arsenal have since signed Spanish attacker Lucas Perez from Deportivo La Coruna, who is a similar player in style to Vardy.

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