Elmander can hit the heights
6:55am Wednesday 16th July 2008 in Sport By Marc Iles
GARY Megson believes club record signing Johan Elmander can finally lay to rest the ghost of Nicolas Anelka.
Having forked out an unprecedented £11million for the Sweden international, the Wanderers boss admits a heavy weight of expectation lies on the club's biggest-ever purchase, not least in the goalscoring stakes.
Anelka's big money departure to Chelsea in January left the club badly lacking a natural goalscorer, and though Megson himself is loathed to compare the two strikers, he hopes Elmander's arrival will go a long way to filling the void.
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