O’Hare might not have hit such heights — Cantwell scored against Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal and in a famous 3-2 triumph over Man City that season – but, had things played out differently, Coventry’s snake-hipped number ten would definitely have been offered his shot on the top-flight stage by now.
According to The Telegraph, Tottenham Hotspur scouted O’Hare six months before Cantwell joined Rangers. Fulham were also credited with an interest. Ditto Burnley, Vincent Kompany’s team seeking the £10 million-rated former Aston Villa prospect before cruising to the Championship title that very same season.
O’Hare would go on to start only eight games that campaign due to injury. A cruciate ligament damage held him out for ten months, just making his return last October.
Now, at a time in which his former Coventry team-mate Viktor Gyokeres is emerging as one of the finest strikers in Europe – closing in on 40 goals during a stunning campaign which justifies the £86 million release clause placed in his Sporting Lisbon contract – O’Hare looks destined to leave the Sky Blues on a free transfer when his contract expires in July.
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