Jamie Vardy will not join Arsenal this summer despite undergoing a medical and the club’s media staff preparing for the announcement, according to Ray Parlour.
Parlour claims the Arsenal digital department was called down to the training ground for the conclusion of the deal before Vardy had a change of heart.
Arsenal triggered Vardy’s £20million release clause last week and hoped to tie up a deal before he travelled to France with the England squad for Euro 2016.
The England striker scored 24 goals last season to help Leicester to a stunning first Premier League triumph.
And with Arsene Wenger desperate to end a 12-year streak without a title, he has identified Vardy as the man who can add another dimension to the Gunners’ attack.
But Parlour, who won nine major trophies at Arsenal, claims that the Leicester striker changed his mind on the move when with the international set up.
“It looks like it isn’t happening now,” Parlour told talkSPORT.
“I was at the Arsenal the other day and there were big reports flying around, and the club’s cameramen and digital staff had to get down to the training ground.
“So it looked like it was going to happen – there was a medical being done.
“But it seems Vardy thought about it while on England duty, and suddenly there was a U-turn.”
The Daily Mail reported earlier this week that Vardy had agreed verbally to join the Gunners although nothing had been signed.
And Leicester are thought to have offered the 29-year-old a new and improved contract in a desperate effort to convince him to lead their debut Champions League campaign.
However, Daily Express understands Vardy will not tell either club of his decision until after the conclusion of England’s Euro 2016 campaign.
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