Nothing to do with NCFC, but I see Lambert at Villa has already identified and signed three new players, Aleksandr Tonev, Jores Okore and Leandro Bacuna to his squad with a fourth, Nicklas Helenius, expected to arrive this week. He's now showing interest in Antonio Luna from Sevilla. You can say what you want about players and managers being on holiday, etc, but similar to when he was here, PL likes to get in early in the market, 1) to get his first choice targets and 2) to avoid being dragged into the inevitable bidding war later in the window. Way to go, in my opinion
True, but given the lack of significant difference between most of the clubs outside of the top six, if you were a striker which club would you choose: (1) the one that says they've been fighting for your signature for two or three transfer windows; or (2) the one that says they've put in a bid because they've notice you're going on the cheap? Of course, it's not that simple, and it will probably go down to wages and possibly location. I think that we can compete, in wage terms, with most of the clubs outside the top seven or so bar maybe Newcastle. Of course, the likes of Villa and Southampton might have higher caps, but I think they're both pretty sensibly run now and would be looking at offering a player like Hooper a similar amount to us.
i don't know what our wage cap will be for this coming season, but i imagine that it will be somewhat higher than it was this last season. saying that, there is surely some scope for paying a little extra to a player that we really want, so that realistically teams like those mentioned should not be able to pay more than we do. unless silly money is involved.
'ull have signed Figueroa, not a bad signing at all for them. The steve bruce link would have sealed that
PLambert was always pretty hot in the transfer markets. He showed last season at Villa he can spot a player with the signing of Benteke.
Very true. But my point was that he identifies and makes a move for targets before the rest of the world becomes embroiled in a bidding war. I know it's an exaggerated example but just think back to deadline day a couple of years ago - Carroll to Liverpoo, £35m and Torres to Chelski, £50m. The early bird, they do say......
I take your point, but those weren't bidding wars. They were desperation buys, which is another thing that Lambert avoids. Currently it would seem that Becchio is in the same category
Ed Butterworth on twitter "Sky sources say fee agreed with NCFC for Diego Capel! Medical soon!" Please be true!
I follow Ed Butterworth as another NCFC fan but I found out over the weekend that he might be Ian Butterworths son. If we sign Capel then the missing pieces of our jigsaw are really coming together.
he is indeed ian butterworth's son. however, he is by no means 'in the know' on anything norwich city, i promise you
Thanks Supers. I didnt follow him thinking he was in the know but I was curious about it following some tweets i daw over the weekend!
as far as i know (and i probably don't know any more than you on this i expect) diego capel is not even a target for city. shame, as he's a cracking player
