Leicester offer new deal to Jamie Vardy

Villa might be struggling this season but have generally held a loftier position than their three wins from 20 Boxing Day games suggests.

The club’s top hit man who doubles as the leading scorer in the premier league, Jamie Vard, y surrenders himself wholly to the spiritual exercise as the monk performs all “necessary” rights. Stoke versus Manchester United starts the day’s action at 12.45 (local time). Liverpool vs. Leicester City will be televised on NBC Sports Network while Chelsea vs Watford will be televised on the USA Network.

Manchester United have won a whopping 85.7 per cent of their Boxing Day fixtures, giving them by a distance the best points per game rate in Premier League history.

Sunday January 3 rounds out the busy festive season and sees London sides Chelsea and Tottenham away at Crystal Palace and Everton respectively. On three occasions each, teams have finished in 12th or 13th.

The Mirror claims that the Premier League outfit will look to add at least another year to the striker’s current deal and will offer him a weekly salary of £80,000.

In fact, there have been five seasons where the side in second has gone on to win the league. If his side fail to re-impose themselves on the title race, or worse still fall out of contention for the top four, it could be the end for the Dutchman, with recent reports indicating that former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is waiting in the wings to take over at Old Trafford.

Meanwhile, West Brom and a seemingly doomed Aston Villa share only four wins from 29 and for them it could well be another bleak midwinter. At the beginning of the season the odds on this were 500/1 and now they are just 7/4. “They could easily make the Champions League”.