Vardy misses Leicester clash with West Ham after wife Rebekah gives birth

Rebekah Vardy has given birth to her fifth child with her husband Jamie.

Leicester City confirmed that Jamie would not be playing in their Premier League game against West Ham United as he remained at home with his wife, 37, after her new arrival

Manager Brendan Rodgers said: 'Jamie Vardy’s wife had a child today, so he’s with her and congratulations to them.'

Rebekah and Jamie already have Finley, two, and Sofia, four, together, with Rebekah already having Megan, 14, and Taylor, nine, from previous relationships.

Leicester City ace Jamie also has a daughter, Ella, nine from his past relationship with Emma Daggett.

It comes after the television personality took to Instagram on December 19 to share a selfie of her growing baby bump, appearing to be anticipating her baby's arrival.

Rebekah captioned the black and white snap: 'Ready when you are, baby [love heart emoji].'

The star was met with well-wishes from her followers, who enthused: 'Good luck Becky, hope it all goes well..merry Christmas x.'

Another predicted she would have the child on Christmas day, prompting Rebekah to reply: 'Please don't jinx me! Will be like a scene from Nativity.'

As the day of birth got closer Rebekah revealed she was getting through the uncomfortable final days of her pregnancy thanks to the help of her children.

Sharing a series of snaps from her quiet weekend she joked she was putting her children to work and was grateful for her eldest daughter Megan for giving her pampering footrubs.

Becky also shared a sweet selfie with her daughter Sofia adding a cute animal filter over the image.

In August Becky and Jamie announced that they were expecting their fifth child as they took to Instagram to share a playful post with their brood.

The excited couple shared a sweet black and white snap of the WAG with their two children Sofia and Finley as well as Rebekah's son Taylor from a previous relationship.

Each of the youngsters held up a board which had a message on it, Taylor's said: 'They can't be serious??', Sofia's read: 'The adventure continues...' while Finley's joked: 'I'm so cute, mummy and daddy wanted another!'

Rebekah stood in the background as she held a sign which cheekily said: 'Oh no...!' while an additional message on the table had the unborn baby's scan on it, it read: 'Coming soon...' followed by a male and female sign as well as a heart symbol.

The WAG captioned the sweet family picture on Instagram: 'When 4 become 5..... so excited and so happy. Love my family more than anything. Love you JV.... Thank you for all the wonderful messages [heart emojis] xxxxx #baby5.'

While Jamie also shared the same picture as he added: '[Heart emojis] Beyond happy [smiley face emoji] love you Mrs V @beckyvardy xxxx #comingsoon.'

The footballer also decided to share a very crude remark about the baby's conception as he led the comments underneath Rebekah's post.

He cheekily quipped: 'Ps... guess that pull out method didn't work too well eh... [crying laughing face emojis] xxxxx.'

Although he also sweetly added: 'You are incredible [heart emoji] love you all so much xxxxx.'

The announcement came after it was reported a day earlier that the couple were expecting another child together, Rebekah's fifth baby in total.

It was further added that the reality star and her Leicester City player husband were 'over the moon' at the happy news and 'couldn't wait' to welcome another kid.