Vardy becomes the oldest Premier League Golden Boot winner

By: Kamusime Barnabas

Despite drawing a blank against Manchester United on the final day of the Premier League season, Leicester’s Jamie Vardy still finished as 2019/20 top scorer.

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has become the Premier League’s oldest Golden Boot winner at the age of 33 after finishing the 2019-20 season with 23 goals.

Vardy finishes one goal ahead of Aubameyang, Ings

Vardy fired a blank in Leicester’s 2-0 loss against Manchester United on Sunday – a result that saw the Foxes miss out on a top-four finish – to make it three games without a goal to see out the season.

However, the ex-England international still finished a goal clear of Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Danny Ings of Southampton at the top of the scoring charts.

Drogba previously the Premier League’s oldest top scorer

He overtakes Didier Drogba, who netted 29 goals for Chelsea in 2009-10 at the age of 32, as the oldest recipient of the award.

Aubameyang shared the accolade with Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah last season, though the Liverpool pair finished this campaign with 18 and 19 goals respectively