The city of violins has a new virtuoso. For the calcio connoisseurs of Cremona, Jamie Vardy’s deadline day signing was like music to the ears.

The Leicester City legend was intercepted by a dedicated band of fans when he landed at Milan’s Linate airport late on Sunday night. They had to see it to believe it.

For one though, it was never in doubt. As Vardy signed autographs in the middle of a scrum of adoring supporters, a leg poked through the crowd bearing a tattoo of the striker’s face. Pen to hairy canvas, the diligent Vardy continued his work.

“It was love at first sight,” wrote Corriere dello Sport . “People are literally going crazy.”

The club leaned into its renown as the home of the world-renowned Stradivarius violins – or Stradivari in Italian – by giving their star arriva

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