NUFC official spotted watching 6ft 4' talent - "There's not a striker like him in the Championship"

A recent piece from Lee Ryder caught my eye over the last couple of days, revealing a promising Championship striker Newcastle were spotted watching last weekend.

In this latest transfer link, it appears we may be interested in Luton’s giant young 6’ 4” striker Elijah Adebayo; a player who has bagged 10 goals in a struggling side this season.

Although he may be one for the future, it is great to see the club looking at talent like this. Remember this is one of the things Wor Mandy said when they took over.

That it was not just going to be about bringing in top players for the first-team but building the whole structure from top to bottom and back up again. This would be a great example of showing that intention.

Adebayo’s current manager, Nathan Jones, says he’s one of the best in the division and it would take substantial money to prise him away. I offer up a cautionary opinion on the first part of that statement and a hopeful one on the second, especially when he's out of contract at the end of the season and therefore at risk of leaving on a free next summer.

Jones said this about the striker in a recent interview:

"If anyone is interested in Elijah they need to have one hell of a cheque book 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. Pound for pound there’s not a striker like him in the Championship."

There are many, many examples of forwards crashing in goals left, right and centre in the Championship but when they come up to the Premier they can’t maintain that. Yes, there are also examples of others who can but I’d hazard a bet that there are more that don’t.

As for the fee? Transfermarkt currently rates him at £1.8m. Double that and add a bit more, coming up with say £5m, could a club like Luton afford to turn that down when he's almost out of contract? Plus in our new financial status, £5m would appear to be a flutter worth taking.

Yes, 98% of all transfer links are false dawns and come to very little in the end. But I for one wouldn’t be opposed to having a closer look. I mean, we could buy him and loan him back even. One thing is for sure it’s just as refreshing to see NUFC looking at this market as it is at the bigger, wider global one.