Chris Waddle hopes former club Sheffield Wednesday are regretting the decision to dump Leicester City star Jamie Vardy at 16.
Waddle wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "He was lucky to be given another opportunity, with Stocksbridge, Halifax, Fleetwood and then into the Football League with Leicester. I was also fortunate to work my way back into the game with Tow Law Town and ended up playing in the European Cup final with Marseille and a World Cup semi-final with England.
"It shows that we are far too quick to judge a player at 16, especially in England, where there is still a strong bias towards strength and size. When Coventry rejected me, I was so disillusioned with the game and convinced that it wasn't going to happen for me that I ended up playing in goal for Pelaw Juniors, the team on council estate I grew up on in Gateshead."
Source: tribalfootball.com