Gareth Southgate raised eyebrows with his team selection for England’s international friendly against the Netherlands on Friday night.Aside from naming three full-backs in his starting line-up - Kyle Walker started in the back three, with Kieran Tripper and Danny Rose on the flanks - the England boss also failed to give the in-form Jamie Vardy an opportunity to impress from the start in the absence of Harry Kane.Vardy, who has scored six goals in his previous seven appearances for Leicester City, was named among the subs as Southgate deployed Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling as his two most advanced forwards.Presumably Vardy will get his opportunity to show Southgate what he can do from the start against Italy on Tuesday night.However, the 31-year-old did manage to get on the pitch midway through the second half, replacing Marcus Rashford in the 68th minute of the match.England were already 1-0 up at the time, thanks to Jesse Lingard’s goal on the hour mark, but Vardy would have been desperate to keep up his fine recent form by adding to his international goal tally.The former non-league striker has scored six goals for England but failed to make it seven at the Amsterdam ArenA.

Vardy recorded a truly embarrassing stat v Netherlands

In fact, it was hard to tell whether or not Vardy was even on the pitch after entering the fray.

And it turns out, per WhoScored, that the Leicester star failed to register a single touch of the ball during his 22 minutes on the pitch.

That is one of the most embarrassing statistics we’ve heard in a long time.

Probably the most embarrassing stat since the same player completed a grand total of zero passes during a 77-minute appearance away at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League 11 months ago.

However, Vardy is now a top forward

Of course, neither of these stats provide a true representation of what Vardy is really like on the pitch.

Few forwards - especially those around the same age - work as hard or are as effective when it comes to harrying down opponents and winning back possession.

He’s also developed into a fine finisher in recent seasons.

According to Danny Higginbotham, Vardy has evolved into the complete centre-forward.

"He's a player who, in my opinion, keeps getting better and better," the former defender told Sky Sports on Friday. "Claude Puel has just said that he is the complete centre-forward and I do tend to agree with that.”

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