Former Coventry City striker Leon Best, who moved to Newcastle United on the last day of the January transfer window, has not yet managed to score a single goal for his new club.
When he left The Ricoh for St James' Park, he was City's top scorer and it was that form that saw the big money move north, but he has yet to prove to the Toon Army that the move was a good one for Newcastle.
Magpies boss Chris Hughton has defended Best and the move saying, "There is no doubting Leon's ability, we see that in training, but it is a difficult time for him. When you are a striker joining a new club, first you want to play games and more importantly you want to score goals."
"The unfortunate thing for Leon is he has seen the form of the other strikers around him, which has resulted in his opportunities being limited. My way of looking at it is I would rather have him at the club than not have him.Of course he also applies pressure on that striking group."
"He is a player who has scored goals in the Championship, it is just unfortunate for him he has been among a group of strikers in good form.The area he wants to be doing well in is scoring goals, and at the moment that has not gone as well as he would have liked, but I still have a lot of faith in him."
"Since he has been here, he has been a very valuable member of the squad - but of course he wants to be playing and he wants to be scoring goals. His time will come. Leon is a player we still want for next season. We see his abilities; he had scored ten goals for Coventry before he came and has had no problems settling in to the club."
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