Behold! The most desperate and ridiculous transfer rumour of the year

We all enjoy a good transfer rumour, even the daft ones, but this is getting ridiculous.

It's safe to say that Jamie Vardy is in the form of his ruddy life. Leicester City's star forward can't stop scoring and figures like this are impressive by anyone's standards... https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/657938487522566144 https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/658040799783849985 However the words 'clutching', 'straws' and 'are you for f**king real' come to mind when reading the Metro's straight-faced story linking the 28-year-old with a move to Real bloody Madrid... The suggestion is that Real are keen to supplement their attacking options of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez with the former Stocksbridge Park Steels man. The Metro report:

"[Real Madrid] believe he would be an excellent second striker to challenge Benzema for a starting spot. And as he’s not played in Europe, they could register him for the Champions League in January."

We couldn't stop laughing here at JOE Towers - until we remembered that Rafa Benitez in the man who chose to replace Xabi Alonso with Gareth Barry...