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Leicester forward Jamie Vardy regrets incident in casino

Jamie Vardy in action at  Old Trafford
Image: Jamie Vardy apologised for a 'regrettable error in judgement'

Leicester and England forward Jamie Vardy fears the controversy in which he was engulfed in last summer has left a "permanent stain" against his name which is "worse than a criminal record".

The 29-year-old apologised last summer for a "regrettable error in judgement", soon after footage emerged which appeared to show him verbally abuse a fellow gambler in a casino.

And he has stressed his remorse in his new autobiography, Jamie Vardy: From Nowhere, My Story, which is being serialised in The Sun, insisting that he was ignorant, rather than racist, but reckons some people will never forget.

"Most convictions get wiped after a period of time. But there's no way of erasing what happened in July 2015," Vardy said. 

England's Jamie Vardy celebrate scoring his side's first goal
Image: Vardy helped Leicester win the Premier League last season before representing England at Euro 2016

"The word 'racist' is a permanent stain against my name. It's worse than a criminal record.

"Some people will never forgive me. Others will accept I made a terrible mistake and recognise I have learnt from it.

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"It's on YouTube when my kids type in their dad's name and it comes up 'Jamie Vardy racist'. On Google, too. It's horrible."

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