Jamie Vardy says he turned down an offer from Arsenal to continue to build on Leicester City's Premier League success.

Arsenal triggered Vardy's £20 million release clause but he eventually decided to stay with Leicester on an improved deal.

"It wasn't to do with 'loyalty' or how I feel about my teammates," Vardy wrote in his autobiography, serialized in The Sun. "Players always come and go.

"It was more a case of seeing Leicester as a club that wanted to build on what we achieved with the title and I want to be part of that. I'm happy with how everything has turned out.

"'The dream continues,' Claudio texted me after I agreed to stay. That's exactly how I felt, too."

Vardy was concerned by his potential fit with Arsenal.

"I tried to work out the pros and cons," Vardy said. "With people like Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil creating chances, Arsenal felt they could benefit me as much as I could them.

"But I also thought about the tactical aspect. You look at Arsenal's style of play and they don't get the ball forward quickly in the same way Leicester do for those runs I like to make in behind the defence.

"One thing that didn't worry me was the idea that I wouldn't be the 'main man' at Arsenal.

"Every time I've moved, I've managed to meet the challenge in front of me. We even looked at new schools for the children, but I got to the stage where I felt with my heart and head that I wanted to stay at Leicester."