Former Blackpool manager Ian Holloway says the club came close to signing Jamie Vardy when he was at Fleetwood Town.

Leicester City ended up buying the forward, who would become an instrumental figure in their unexpected Premier League title in 2015/16.

Speaking to The Sack Race, Holloway recalled: "I also wanted to buy Jamie Vardy but Oyston didn't think that he was worth that much.

"When he was at Fleetwood we were in for him, as were Leicester, but they beat us to his signature for £1.6million.

"We had money at that time. It was when we could have sold Charlie Adam for £6m but we didn't."