Tom Cannon opens up on Leicester City ‘frustration’ and Steve Cooper chat before transfer
The 21-year-old striker has joined Stoke in the Championship for the season and exploded into life last week with a four-goal haul in a 6-1 thrashing of Portsmouth
Tom Cannon felt a “tiny bit of frustration” that he wasn’t afforded a chance to impress in the Premier League with Leicester City this season.
The striker, who is on loan at Championship side Stoke for the campaign, has said that he initially wanted to stick around at the King Power Stadium and show he has the quality to thrive at Premier League level. In the end, the club, manager Steve Cooper, and Cannon collectively decided he was best to spend his season getting more regular minutes.
While the 21-year-old did not feature often for City in his first season at the club last term, despite doing well when first called upon in the winter, he thought he was ready to step up to the top flight. City ultimately decided against that, opting to go with Jamie Vardy, Patson Daka, and deadline-day loan signing Odsonne Edouard as their striker options.
“I kind of felt a tiny bit of frustration from my end because I wanted that challenge to play in the Premier League and show everyone what I could do,” Cannon told ITV. “I thought, given the minutes, I could perform.
