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Jamie Vardy: The last underdog
Season 1, Ep. 337
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After thirteen years, Jamie Vardy is leaving Leicester City. His time at the club is an example of not one, but two underdogs succeeding against the odds. Could anything like this happen again in the Premier League?
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