I had wondered whether he might be lined up for a return, but he said after the season that he came here to be first choice and although happy about the teams success he didn't want to be second fiddle
Jedi, I took your reference to "a significant amount of money" in exactly the sense you meant it, i.e. relative to our resources. My point was that spending "a significant amount of money" (in our terms) does not necessarily lead to, and may in fact not be necessary for, "strengthening the first team". There is a perennial tendency for fans to think in terms of "good" players, or "better" players; you don't necessarily strengthen the team by bringing in a "better" player because, however good that player may be, he may actually make the team in which he plays weaker than the "poorer" player he replaces. Last summer we sold two of the "best" players in our first team in Maddison and Murphy. We replaced them without spending "a significant amount of money" while at the same time "strengthening the first team".
Exactly RER. And regarding your penultimate sentence about understanding and cohesion, those of us who can cast our minds back to the years of Liverpool domination under Shankly and his successors from "the Liverpool boot room", will recall that, when Liverpool beat First Division rivals to a player who would have gone straight into their rivals' team, he disappeared into the Reds' reserves for half a season or more, before being elevated first to the Liverpool bench, becoming a starter only when he had proved himself able to slot in seamlessly to 'Pool's equivalent of Farkeball.
I think you mean "two examples" JMF. Pogba Sanchez would be one fantastic player but goodness knows what his best position would be!
£350k deal for Aidan Fitzpatrick agreed https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport...itter_impression=true#live-event-entry-324866
£350k deal for Aidan Fitzpatrick agreed https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport...itter_impression=true#live-event-entry-324866
Seems a bit strange to let Middleton go on a free, and sign this lad for £350,000. When Middleton is a far better prospect.... but ok
GM really wanted to leave and he would have been competing with Hernandez/Bendy in the first team. He seemed to start well, nut haven't heard much of him of late.
Schalke are expected to announce the signing of a highly rated young goalkeeper imminently. With Fahrmann already not first choice there, this could open the door for him to leave.
We did get a development fee for Middleton of a similar amount. As JMF says, Middleton is a winger and Fitzpatrick is a more a CM and we've been trying to sign him for the last two windows. He is obviously seen as a player who fits DF's tactics.
Aidan Fitzpatrick deal has been agreed, he's travelling to Norwich for a medical, from their official website: https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/aidan-fitzpatrick/
Bushiri now confirmed officially our end too, joins the U23s. Meanwhile, Fahrmann is apparently training away from the senior squad at Schalke.
Location, location, location I'm guessing "isolated" Norwich vs places that aren't seen as so shall we say rural? Also possibly agents pushing players into going to other clubs as being "better" for their careers I guess that might be part of it anyway.
Sky Sports Germany seem to think Fahrmann to Norwich, probably on loan, is progressing well. And classic Twitter find: Fahrmann's wife just started following NCFC on Instagram...
