Jamie Vardy urged to wait 24 hours before deciding on £20m Arsenal switch

Arsenal target Jamie Vardy has been asked to wait 24 hours until Leicester make a counter offer in a desperate attempt to stop him going to the north London club. 

That is the delay in the £20m move even though Arsenal remain hopeful and very confident that they will get the deal done. 

Leicester will move for Watford striker Troy Deeney if they lose Jamie Vardy but they still have not given up hope on persuading the England striker to stay. 

Arsenal have held negotiations, made it clear they will meet the £20m release clause and offered Vardy a contract believed to be worth £120,000-a-week over three years with the option of a fourth. 

That is double what 29-year-old Vardy is on at Leicester and the Premier League champions are fighting to keep him and have asked him to delay a decision until they try and match it.