Van Nistelrooy hails 'total package' Vardy as one of the greatest

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy's numbers, the trophies he has won and his individual honours prove he will go down in history as one of the greatest to play in the Premier League, manager Ruud van Nistelrooy said on Friday.

Vardy will leave Leicester at the end of the season, with the 38-year-old former England international set to play his final game for the club when they host fellow relegated side Ipswich Town at King Power Stadium on Sunday.

Van Nistelrooy said Vardy would lead the team out on Sunday as the fans get ready to bid farewell to the club's greatest player of the modern age who led them to a Premier League title against all odds as well as an FA cup victory.

"When you see the amount of times a player is performing at the highest level, for me that is the biggest achievement," Van Nistelrooy told reporters.

"When you're capable of performing in 13 seasons at this level, coming up to 500 games, coming up 200 goals, that says it all, on your mindset and standards you set yourself, how you live your life around football and how you perform.

"Then you look at the trophies he won, also the individual achievements. It's the total package of one of the greatest."

Vardy will be playing his 500th game for Leicester on Sunday, exactly 13 years to the day since he signed from Fleetwood Town for one million pounds ($1.33 million).

He also needs to find the net one more time to finish with 200 goals for the Foxes.

"There's many dates and numbers coming together, but the way I know him, he'll come in and do his best to try and win the game," Van Nistelrooy said.

"That's what he'll think about, that's his aim. If that comes with a goal for him, or an assist, that's how he'll think."

Vardy also broke Van Nistelrooy's Premier