Leicester City legend Jamie Vardy don reveal say im former Nigerian teammates Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho use wetin dem call ‘juju cream’ during dia time for Leicester.
Vardy yarn dis tori for im podcast wey dem title ‘Jamie Vardy’s Having A Party’. According to am, both players dey use di cream to help dem recover from injuries for di club.
Di former England striker spend 13 years for Leicester from 2012 to 2025. E play with Ndidi and Iheanacho since 2017. Iheanacho leave Leicester for 2024 after seven years, while Ndidi stay one more season before e go Turkey.
Vardy recall say e see di two Super Eagles stars dey use wetin dem call ‘juju cream’. Di discussion for di podcast wey Vardy launch last month focus on one Ghanaian witch doctor wey im predictions for 2026 FIFA World Cup fail.
Di witch doctor wey im dey claim say im don tie Harry Kane boots, wey stop di striker from scoring for England group-stage match against Ghana. Di match end goalless, but Kane later score two goals against DR Congo, wey prove di prediction wrong.
Di conversation make Vardy remember im experiences with im Nigerian teammates. Di striker wey score 200 goals for Leicester, including 143 for Premier League, say Ndidi and Iheanacho go travel to Nigeria to get di cream.
According to Vardy, di cream wey e say come from ‘Nigerian witch doctor’ na di only treatment wey di pair allow di club physiotherapists apply to dia minor injuries. ‘Na di juju cream. Dem dey get injured, just small knocks. Dem go back to Nigeria for like one day, literally, come back with one big tub of juju cream. And dat one na di only ting wey di masseuses dem allow to massage on di injured area. And dem dey tell us say e come from di Nigerian witch doctor,’ Vardy say.
Another former Leicester teammate of di Nigerians, Christian Fuchs, wey also feature for di podcast, add say di juju cream ‘actually helps’. E say both players regularly recover after using am.
During dia Leicester careers, Iheanacho suffer four major injuries, while combative midfielder Ndidi endure nine significant injury spells. Despite dose setbacks, Iheanacho, wey dem popularly call ‘Senior Man Kels’, make 232 appearances for Leicester, scoring 61 goals, while Ndidi feature for 273 matches and score 17 goals.
