Sheffield United are actually momentarily high of the Championship desk – forward of Leeds United’s conflict with Sunderland tonight – after a tricky away journey to Luton City on the weekend led to a treasured 1-0 win.
The Hatters would boast extra pictures come the full-time whistle, however Chris Wilder’s males nonetheless managed to select 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 facet rise to the highest of the second-tier tree, he can be barely frightened concerning the harm standing of Tom Cannon who was nowhere to be seen at Kenilworth Street.
The newest on Tom Cannon’s harm
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:
“All three can be accessible for subsequent week,” Wilder mentioned. “I used to be by no means within the mindframe of risking Gus at this time due to his fatigue in his hamstring and with Tom we simply did not have sufficient time.
“If the sport was 48 hours later and we had been enjoying Monday or Tuesday then he’d have been match however we decided on that.”
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 house a powerful 9 strikes when on the books of mortgage facet Stoke Metropolis.
Wilder and Co will pray that Cannon comes good at Bramall Lane when shaking off his harm points, however there may be one ace in his ranks that’s staggeringly price much more than the attacker’s £10m valuation…
The Sheff Utd hero now price greater than Cannon
It isn’t 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, nonetheless, as centre-back brute Anel Ahmedhodzic took over goalscoring duties away from others firing blanks to steer his crew to an enormous three factors.
It was fairly the achieved end from the assured Bosnian late on, who managed to attain in his facet’s final house outing too, taking his total aim tally for the second tier facet as much as 11 strikes from 98 clashes.
The choice to deliver Ahmedhodzic into the constructing for a modest £5.15m continues to seem like a masterstroke, due to this fact, along with his continued excellence for the Blades serving to of their mission to make an instantaneous return to the Premier League occur, alongside additionally boosting his valuation method above his 2022 charge.
Ahmedhodzic’s numbers this season | |
|---|---|
Stat – per 90 minutes* | Ahmedhodzic |
League video games performed | 26 |
Targets scored | 2 |
Assists | 1 |
Touches* | 61.8 |
Correct passes* | 45.3 (91%) |
Ball recoveries* | 3.6 |
Clearances* | 5.0 |
Whole duels gained* | 4.0 |
Clear sheets | 12 |
New worth | £15m |
Stats by Sofascore/Transfermarkt | |
Away from being a notable aim menace, the ex-Malmo man has additionally impressively collected 12 clear sheets this marketing campaign to play his half in his assured crew 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 question worrying down the road {that a} higher-up poacher can be tempted to fork out round this £15m mark to land the “elite” defender, as he has been labelled by soccer analyst Ben Mattinson previously.
Till that second arrives, nonetheless, the 6 foot 5 centre-back’s primary goal can be to place in additional top-drawer shows to see his crew style automated promotion, alongside Cannon doubtlessly firing house some essential strikes.
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