David Awopetu
Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy, became the oldest player to win the Premier League Golden Boot after finishing the season with impressive 23 goals.
The 33-year-old England striker ended up a goal clear of Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Southampton striker, Danny Ings, both on 22.
However, there was disappointment for Brendan Rodgers and his Foxes side on the final day of the season as they missed out on Champions League qualification following a 2-0 loss to Manchester United.
This season was the most prolific of Vardy’s Premier League career since the title-winning season of 2015-16, when he registered 24 league goals but missed out on the Golden Boot to Harry Kane, who scored 25.
Vardy became the third Englishman since Kevin Phillips (2000) and Harry Kane (2016 and 2017) to win the golden boot since the turn of the century.
Didier Drogba was the previous oldest player to win the award at 32 when he led Chelsea to the Premier League title in 2009-10 with 29 goals. Drogba’s former teammate Nicolas Anelka is the only other player aged 30 to win the golden boot with Chelsea in 2008-09.
In another development, Manchester City keeper, Ederson, pipped Burnley’s Nick Pope to the Golden Glove award after recording his 16th clean sheet of the season on the final day of the season in a 5-0 win against Norwich, while Pope conceded in Burnley’s 2-1 defeat against Brighton.
