Rayhaan Tulloch, on loan at Bradford City, is using Jamie Vardy as motivation as he strives to become an established Championship player.
West Bromwich Albion academy prospect, Tulloch, has been with the Baggies since 2010.
Making his debut for the Baggies in 2019, he has gone onto have various loan spells in the EFL and Irish League.
The winger has made various appearances for England’s youth teams over the last seven years.
Following his move to Bradford on loan this summer, he is yet to secure a goal involvement but has played two games.
Despite not having a link to Leicester City, Tulloch has referred to legend, Vardy, as inspiration for his career in the EFL.
What has Rayhaan Tulloch said?
Following several tough loan spells and a lack of first team opportunity with the Albion, he is trying to revive his young career at Valley Parade.
There may be a reason therefore why the winger looks up to Vardy.
The now full England international and Premier League hundred club member, had a rough and slow start to his professional career.
With moves from Stocksbridge Park Steels, Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town all came before his big break with the Foxes.
Despite this it took until the 2015/16 season for his career to truly take off and he never looked back.
On that point, Tulloch said: “There’s always time, isn’t there, just look at Jamie Vardy and what he’s done.
“Anything can change in football. You can have one good season and end up in the Championship, so who knows.”
With Vardy not truly breaking through as a top class player until he was 28-years old, anything is possible.
When discussing loans, he said: “When you go on loan, it’s completely different to your parent club.
“You get thrown into a completely different environment and it’s a bit of a shock to the system, but I think it’s character building.”
With Tulloch yet to break into the West Brom first team, who knows where he could be in the future.
With the attitude he is showing, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him do well.