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The manager said he signed the Everton player for £7.5m because of a long-term injury
Everton sold Tom Cannon for £7.5 million despite a long-term injury.
Leicester City coach Enzo Maresca admitted he signed the striker despite knowing he was having injury problems.
Cannon has only made four appearances for Everton since graduating from their academy, but his outstanding loan spell at Preston North End has attracted huge interest in his signing in the summer. This.
After scoring eight goals in the second half of last season for the Lilywhites, a number of Championship clubs vied to sign Cannon on loan.
While he looked set to join Preston for much of the transfer window, Leicester ultimately won the race and decided to spend £7.5 million to sign him permanently.
However, Cannon is yet to make his Foxes debut and Maresca has now revealed exactly why.
Speaking to BBC Radio Leicester, Maresca said:
“Because this is a long-term investment, that doesn’t mean we don’t need it now.
“But we want to be extra cautious and do all the necessary checks.
“We discovered the problem when he signed the contract. He’s not even training with us right now, so I guess it’ll be long term. “We still don’t know how long. He didn’t do any training sessions with us.
It was reported that Cannon had suffered a stress fracture in his back that would take at least six to eight weeks to heal. This means he may not return to action until November/December.
Did Everton do the right thing by making £7.5 million from Cannon’s departure?
It now seems quite impressive that Everton could command such a high fee for an inexperienced striker, especially as he has a long injury history.
However, Leicester clearly have enough firepower to keep them going until he returns and the Toffees may regret selling him if he helps the club return to the Premier League.
He is clearly a huge talent and could become an important player at Goodison Park in the future, although at least manager Sean Dyche has included a sell-on clause in the deal.
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