Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford ...

Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford By Rich Tullis

So Leicester City made the final signing of the summer transfer window with the capture of a Mr Jermaine Beckford.
On 31 August 2011 Everton rejected a rumoured £3m bid from Leicester City but subsequently accepted a £2.5m bid late on the deadline day. Jermaine arrived at the King Power Stadium just 40 minutes before the transfer window closed to sign a 4-year contract. He became Sven's 12th summer signing.
Leicester signed the Premiership striker for £4 Million (£2.52M + Add ons reported). For an age all eyes were on Bristol City and their formidable striker, Nicky Maynard. It was evident that no matter how much money Leicester presented to Bristol their man was going nowhere.
So have Leicester obtained the 20 goal a season man they were so desperately seeking. After signing a 4 year deal and being contracted until 30/06/2015 Leicester City certainly seem to think they have the right man.
The Stats and Facts of Jermaine Beckford:
Jermaine is an out-and-out striker or if you prefer a centre forward. His first club was Wealdstone FC. From here he moved to Leeds United in 2006, he stayed with Leeds until 2010. In 2010 Everton took the striker to the Premiership where he remained until he was captured by the Foxes.
The one thing all Leicester fans were looking for was a goal scorer. As mentioned previously fans had hoped Nicky Maynard would have been that provider. For Everton Jermaine played a total of 40 games (all competitions) and scored 10 goals. This gave an average of 1 in 4. The overall Premiership average was 2.8 to 1. Jermaine’s career as a striker has enabled him to obtain a goal average of 1 in 1.91. In comparison Nicky Maynard has carved a career goal scoring average of 1 in 2.67.
Premier League
34 games, 8 goals, 2 assists, 3 yellow cards and 0 reds.
Averaged 176 minutes per goal.

FA Cup
11 games, 9 goals, 5 assists, 1 yellow and 0 red.
Averaged 95 minutes per goal.

The League Cup
8 games, 5 goals, 1 assist, 0 yellow and 0 reds.
Averaged 99 minutes per goal.

Championship
10 games, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 yellows and 0 reds
League 1
83 games, 57 goals, 7 assists, 8 yellow, and 1 double yellow/red.
Averaged 119 minutes per goal

League 1 Play Off
5 games, 0 goals, 0 assists, o yellows and 0 reds