Sheffield United struck gold on “elite” ace

Sheffield United at the moment are momentarily high of the Championship desk – forward of Leeds United’s conflict with Sunderland tonight – after a troublesome away journey to Luton City on the weekend led to a treasured 1-0 win.

The Hatters would boast extra photographs come the full-time whistle, however Chris Wilder‘s males nonetheless managed to choose up a gritty consequence on the highway all the identical to maintain up their four-game successful streak within the league for February.

While the 57-year-old would have been delighted with the ultimate rating seeing his aspect rise to the highest of the second-tier tree, he might be barely anxious concerning the damage standing of Tom Cannon who was nowhere to be seen at Kenilworth Highway.

The most recent on Tom Cannon’s damage

Alongside Gustavo Hamer and Kieffer Moore – who additionally weren’t risked in Hertfordshire – the previous Leicester Metropolis striker’s rolled ankle he picked up versus Middlesbrough noticed him be dominated out of the competition.

Fortunately, as Wilder revealed following the winner over the Hatters, the trio – together with the brand new £10m addition – are set to be concerned for subsequent week’s pivotal conflict with Leeds:

Focusing in on Cannon, that weighty £10m price ticket has been getting the higher of him considerably when he has pulled on his new strip, with the one-time Everton man nonetheless goalless in South Yorkshire from 4 outings, regardless of firing dwelling a powerful 9 strikes when on the books of mortgage aspect Stoke Metropolis.

Wilder and Co will pray that Cannon comes good at Bramall Lane when shaking off his damage points, however there’s one ace in his ranks that’s staggeringly value much more than the attacker’s £10m valuation…

The Sheff Utd hero now value greater than Cannon

It is not as if United lacked firepower up high heading into their journey to face Matt Bloomfield’s lowly hosts, with fellow new recruit Ben Brereton Diaz lining up in assault, alongside Tyrese Campbell who has six targets himself in Championship motion this season.

Neither Campbell nor Brereton Diaz would break the impasse, nevertheless, as centre-back brute Anel Ahmedhodzic took over goalscoring duties away from others firing blanks to steer his group to an enormous three factors.

It was fairly the achieved end from the assured Bosnian late on, who managed to attain in his aspect’s final dwelling outing too, taking his general purpose tally for the second tier aspect as much as 11 strikes from 98 clashes.

The choice to convey Ahmedhodzic into the constructing for a modest £5.15m continues to seem like a masterstroke, due to this fact, together with his continued excellence for the Blades serving to of their mission to make an immediate return to the Premier League occur, alongside additionally boosting his valuation manner above his 2022 price.

Away from being a notable purpose menace, the ex-Malmo man has additionally impressively collected 12 clear sheets this marketing campaign to play his half in his assured group being table-toppers, resulting in his worth reaching a far heftier £15m.

That’s £5m greater than Cannon’s personal bumped up worth, with United little doubt worrying down the road {that a} higher-up poacher might be tempted to fork out round this £15m mark to land the “elite” defender, as he has been labelled by soccer analyst Ben Mattinson up to now.

Till that second arrives, nevertheless, the 6 foot 5 centre-back’s foremost intention might be to place in additional top-drawer shows to see his group style automated promotion, alongside Cannon probably firing dwelling some essential strikes.

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