Leicester City can save millions in this transfer window by regularly playing striker Tom Cannon.
Leicester extended their lead at the top of the Championship to 10 points by thrashing Huddersfield Town 4-1 while watching second-place Ipswich Town draw to 10-men Stoke City.
It’s been an incredible month for the Foxes who have took charge in the second tier following a blip in form.
When Enzo Maresca’s side drew against Sheffield Wednesday at the end of November, their cushion inside the automatic promotion places was reduced to eight points, a fall from 14 at the start of the month.
Now, after recording seven victories from their last eight matches, Leicester have blitzed their way to a 13-point lead on third-place Southampton, who are rapidly closing in on the faltering Tractor Boys.
A huge reason why the Foxes have blitzed through the Christmas period without much of a fuss is down to the form of their forward players.
Patson Daka’s resurgence in a Leicester shirt is a contributing factor while Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu have formed an unstoppable trio alongside him.
Daka has scored four goals and supplied two assists in his last six starts for the club but is now joining up with Zambia for the Africa Cup of Nations while Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfried Ndidi are away with Nigeria.
That means Maresca has to find a replacement for him and fortunately, he has a fit and firing Tom Cannon at his disposal.
Leicester can save millions by replacing Patson Daka with Tom Cannon
When Cannon arrived at Leicester for £7 million in the summer, big things were expected from the 21-year-old, however, injuries curtailed the beginning of his Foxes career.
After recovering from those setbacks, though, he’s now in the mix to become a regular under Maresca having scored a brace on his first start for the club in the 4-1 win over Huddersfield.
The first of his two goals was an incredible first-time strike into the bottom left corner while his second saw him pounce onto a bouncing ball, showing composure to calmly slot his chance underneath the legs of Lee Nicholls.
Hailed as ‘incredible’ by former striker Dean Ashton after scoring eight goals on loan for Preston North End in the second half of last season, Cannon arrived at the King Power Stadium with the pedigree of being a ruthless finisher, and he’s already shown that attribute on his first start for the club.
A finisher of all types of goals, who possesses the physical presence to bully defenders, the Everton academy graduate has the chance to become a hero at Leicester in the absence of Daka and Iheanacho while making it difficult for the pair to wrestle back their starting spot once they return.