KELECHI IHEANACHO (£2.9m) averages a goal or assist every 111.6 minutes in the Premier League.
This is a significant statistic because the 26-year-old is midway through his eighth season in England’s top flight, it’s by no means a small sample size.
Given his potency, it’s remarkable that the striker has rarely been a first-choice starter for a prolonged spell of games.
Iheanacho has made 184 appearances in the Premier League of which he’s started 72 – he has played the full 90 minutes just 22 times.
One of the few times he was cemented as a certain starter was during the second half of the 2020/21 season.
With Jamie Vardy (£3.5m) sidelined through injury, Iheanacho stepped up for Leicester in a big way, scoring 12 goals in 15 league games at the back end of the campaign.
Add in four goals in what proved to be a successful FA Cup campaign and a sprinkling of other strikes across all competitions and the Nigeria international finished the season with 19 goals and seven assists to his name.
Dream Team managers will remember the huge swathes of points he provided during that time – he was a popular recruit ahead of a meeting with Sheffield United and instantly delivered a hat-trick at the Blades’ expense to underline his viability.
More than a few gaffers will have been reminded of those prosperous weeks in the wake of Iheanacho’s masterclass at home to Spurs om Saturday.
The Foxes’ No14 scored one goal and assisted another to claim the Star Man award and bank 15 points.
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And he achieved something similar the previous Game Week when he scored one and assisted two more as Leicester beat Aston Villa 4-2.
Back-to-back Star Man awards and an influx of 32 points in two games is more than enough to put Dream Team bosses on alert, especially those who remember his 2020/21 exploits.
Iheanacho is dirt-cheap at £2.9m and his current ownership of 0.2% makes him a massive differential.
One potential drawback to this transfer suggestion is his upcoming fixtures.
Brendan Rodgers’ side travel to Old Trafford this Sunday before hosting league leaders Arsenal the following weekend.
Saying that, Villa were unbeaten in four league games before they succumbed to Leicester’s onslaught and Champions League hopefuls Spurs came off the back of a win over Manchester City when they were thrashed at the King Power.
2022/23 has been an underwhelming season for the Foxes so far but they’re steadily moving out of the relegation dogfight and towards the relative safety of mid table.
Keeping clean sheets has been a problem for them under Rodgers but scoring goals has rarely been an issue.
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Only Southampton and Bournemouth have conceded more goals this term but only five teams have scored more at this stage.
Keep an eye on Iheanacho’s returns, if he embarks on 2020/21-esque spree then you probably can’t afford to miss out.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
