Great story and interview with Adam Idah - https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwi...loving-life-alongside-title-winners-1-6148338 What a prospect and I REALLY hope he impresses during pre-season and that he'll make the bench occasionally.
We know from recent seasons that young players will get their chance under DF so this could be Adam's time. I don't think any of us saw Max moving up to first choice LB last season, but he did and became young player of the season. Adam's task will be harder in the PL and with Pukki and Drmic ahead of him, but training and playing with the first team will give him a boost, just as moving up to the Irish U21s at 18 has done. My guess is that he'll go on training with the senior team through the season, perhaps playing in the cups and with the U23s or he'll go out on loan to get game time. Either way, his time isn't far off.
Don't know how reliable this is, but SportsMole has us in pole position in the chase for Javi Ontiveros: https://amp.sportsmole.co.uk/footba...eld-utd-to-javi-ontiveros-signing_364488.html Great if true, given that he can play WR, WL or AM. Has mainly played on the right, but being right footed he might be seen more as an option cutting in from the left, which is what he's doing in most of the video compilation:
Ontiveros and Bowen both seem to be flexible attacking players who can play as inverted wingers, and either would be our most expensive signing of the summer. If we can get Bowen for anything like the £7m release clause Ontiveros supposedly has, that would be mindblowing business by Webber. Hull did sell Andy Robertson for £8m, maybe there's hope!
There's also the possibility of an exchange deal involving Ben Marshall to make Bowen more affordable.
Villa sign Konsa from Brentford. Another £12m. I really wanted him when he was still at Charlton. Big fan of him.
Preston have accepted a bid from an unspecified PL club for Callum Robinson. We were rumoured to have been interested at £6m a few weeks back
Mario signs on until 2021 if this can be believed: https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/ostaje...cic-produzio-ugovor-s-engleskim-klubom/325614 5pm announcements seem to be the club's modus operandi at the moment, let's see if we get one today. Has the Aarons deal been announced officially yet? Edit: Club have just confirmed there will be a 5pm announcement, likely a contract.
Is basically everyone getting a new contract? We can just take that as standard, right? Over than like Nelson and Husband types.
Thank God the clowns at 90mins are not running our recruitment strategy. They start by seemingly having only knowledge of Godfrey and Zimmermann, surely whilst saying we need backup, two seasoned international defenders Warrent a mention! Ond even has PL experience that they seem to believe is the be all and end all. Agsin in Midfield their stunning omission of knowledge of Tettey, Vrancic, Lietner, Thompson et al speaks volumes about how lazy the article is. And then we get to their suggestions! They really haven't even looked at how we operate and have for the main suggested past it players who will want a larger pay dah than we're offering! I mean! Ballotelli, Wellbeck, Crouch! Cahill, Fer or Diame! Some of the others I'll grant you would at least be the sort of loan targets we might go for, like Mount or Wilson, but mostly they are all way out of our financial structure; Mooy, Dack or Maupay. Bah!
His reaction is great: "I'm feeling very good and happy to sign a new deal. I really like living here and I love to play for this special club as there are so many positive things about Norwich. When I first came to the club, it was all very new to me and my wife as it was a new country and a different experience. But my team-mates made it easy for me to fit in the squad and the supporters have helped me and my family to feel comfortable in the city and stadium so it was clear to us that we wanted to stay. The club and especially the head coach and Stuart have given me so much and I just want to give back to them."
Yes, you feel it runs through the whole club too. These guys are going to give every effort to make it in the PL. Great stuff.
Players' length of contract - HITC are saying that Aarons hasn’t signed yet, but I tend to believe the EDP sooner than them!!
Robinson is joining Sheffield United apparently, £7m initial fee rising to £10m. Norwich interested but not at that price. WBA offered full £10m, but Robinson wanted PL football.
