Tom Cannon has lived up to the hype surrounding his potential with four months that could change his summer.
The striker was handed first team experience by Frank Lampard either side of Christmas after a stunning start to the campaign for Everton’s Under-21s. Yet while his potential was in little doubt, there was uncertainty about what level would be best suited to him for his first spell of sustained first team football when he moved out on loan.
He has answered that in emphatic fashion with his eight goals in 19 Championship games almost firing Preston North End to the play-offs.