Bent is worth every penny of his transfer fee, based on what he does and what he has been doing for 5 years not on potential. He's just coming into his prime years for a striker and is alongside Robbie Fowler in the "PL all-time" on his goals per game strike-rate, better than Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney, Berbatov etc... Only a dozen players have a better strike rate since the start of the PL.