He cost Swansea City just £12 million from Vitesse Arnhem in 2013. That is more like an agent's cut than a transfer fee these days. Yet no player has scored more Premier League goals in 2014 than Wilfried Bony — 18.
That is the same total as Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, four more than Edin Dzeko and Yaya Toure and five more than Wayne Rooney.
Aguero cost City £38 million from Atletico Madrid and has scored 94 goals in 142 matches for the Blues. That is a better percentage record than Bony's 31 in 63, but the Argentina striker has a glittering array of helpers as teammates, while Swansea does not have such a supporting cast to provide the bullets for Bony.