https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1184608941?-11057:808 Looks like the coach at my work could have been somewhere close to being right!
Don't know but it should be, yes he has potential but there is no guarantee he will achieve it. On this seasons performance along he is nowhere near worth 15m. I suspect add on based on future performance will bring the final figure to somewhere between 20 & 25m
Thank you for the further info DH, I hadn’t read much further into it. Sounds a bit confusing but it does at least sound like progress
Will this new GBE Criteria for international player visas have any effect on bringing in players from from the EU?
Ogbene played almost half his games at center forward. That might be a reason for his poor defense reputation. Teemu was listed as "weak in defense" too. He was never given credit for his work on defense.
Good point CS. That does seem to be a characteristic of WhoScored's rating system, which is probably based on tackles, interceptions, takeaways and so on rather than skills like pressing, which are more the skills related to strikers or other players in that role. Sargent is a bit of a rarity in that regard.
It looks like it? I skimmed the rules pdf from the FA, and it looks like the easiest way for a player to qualify for one of the exception places is simply playing 5 domestic games (within the time frame analysed), at senior or youth level. There doesn't seem to be any restriction on the level of that league for the exception spots. So I think that would likely mean any of the players signed in the early years of Webber's reign would be eligible, even if we could only have up to 4 of them at a time.
Also known as Baris Alper Yilmaz, 23 years old, can play anywhere across the front 3. Current Turkey international who came off the bench in their 2 most recent games. Only just signed a new 4 year deal in May, so would seem unlikely
Reported on the PinkUn as well now, apparently the source of the tweet above is the Sports Digitale editor
Google translate: "SPECIAL | Norwich City have reached a deal with Borja Sainz." https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/borja-sainz/profil/spieler/634461
I think this was the player with a relegation release clause, so it's promising that we've reached agreement with the player, as the deal with the club is presumably a formality.
He is a right footed left winger, sometimes right winger. 22 yo. 5'10" tall. Spanish U19 caps. € 2.2m transferremarkt value.
Apparently we may have to pay a small fee to his club for the two years remaining on his contract: https://insidefutbol.com/2023/06/19/norwich-agree-personal-terms-with-spanish-winger/607210/
Sainz has piqued my interest more than others we've signed or been linked with. A top player on a relegated team that finished strong in the league. Look how close the relegation fight was in the Super Lig: https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/225/Tournaments/17/Turkey-Super-Lig From his highlights, which admittedly don't show very much, he looks like a hard-working, confident player. According to Norwich Talk via Nick Mashiter, it would be a free transfer. I guess even a relegation clause could have a monetary value attached but not nearly as much as a normal release clause.
