With Tom Cannons transfer fee reputedly being £10 million plus add-ons up to £13 million and some of us raising an eye brow at this I thought I would have a little look at comparable players and their records.
These stats relate to all football played professionally since they were in the U18's
Tom Cannon, Age 22, games played 55, goals scored 73, 1.33 goals per game, Transfer Fee £10-13m
Jay Stansfield, Age 22, games played 56, goals scored 76, 1.36 goals per game, Transfer Fee £15m
Liam Delap, Age 21 (22 in Feb), games played 51, goals scored 68, 1.33 goals per game, Transfer Fee £20m
Cameron Archer, Age 23, games played 44, goals scored 54, 1.23 goals per game, Transfer Fee £15m
Perhaps it's not as bad a fee as I initially thought. It's definitely the going rate, or just under, based on my small sample.