Luton Striker Will Soon Become A Wanted Man
When, back in the summer, James Collins left Luton Town to join Cardiff City, one familiar question surfaced.
With Collins having been our top scorer for several seasons on the bounce, we were all speculating who would fill the void.
Many suggested that Elijah Adebayo had the skills and traits to be the man and that has proven to be exactly the case.
The youngster, signed from Walsall in the January transfer window, is still developing but has already notched an impressive 8 goals this season.
Looking at the Championship top goal scorers list:
1 – Alexander Mitovic (Fulham) – 19 goals
2 – Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) – 12 goals
3 – Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) – 11 goals
4 – Joel Piroe (Swansea) – 9 goals
4 – Viktor Gyokeres (Coventry City) – 9 goals
6 – Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) – 8 goals
Adebayo is in decent company and should be proud of what he has achieved so far this season, especially as he has also missed some games through injury.
But with the January transfer window not too far off could Luton face a challenge to keep their man?
Is there a club out there who are willing to take a gamble on the young striker knowing that when he develops further, he could become one of the top strikers in the country?
It is a worrying thought but, thankfully, Nathan Jones seems determined to hang on to his star striker with Luton Today carrying the following remarks, relating to Adebayo, from the gaffer:
“If anyone is interested in Elijah they need to have one hell of a chequebook because he’s scoring goals at a wonderful Championship club and young, goalscoring target men of his size, stature, pace, power, learning capacity, they don’t come cheap.
“So, if someone is going to come in, then they’d better be prepared to be serious as he’s nowhere near his ceiling, so we believe the longer he stays with us, the better he’s going to be.”
Hopefully, those words are the equivalent of a ‘hands-off’ warning and any interested clubs will take heed.
But whilst I do not think there will be any serious bids, this January, for Adebayo, there could come a day, possibly in twelvemonths time, when somebody does make an offer for the 23-year-old striker that the Hatters will have to seriously consider!
Is that how you view the situation, or would you care to differ?
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