I would say that both deals were good ones for two players both in the final year of their contract. Sainz had a purple patch in the first half of last season and then his scoring faded after the suspension for spitting. I also think that Kvistgaarden, Diallo and Topić will prove to be better options in our current style of play and we have yet to see what Mattsson will offer. Those four came in for a total of around £17m from the £24.5m we should receive from the sale of Sainz and Núñez. That's pretty good business IMO.
I'm really only going by those highlights videos but Mattsson appears to be in the Kenny mould. Wouldn't be surprised if he's been tracked for a while with the club assuming they would need a replacement for Kenny sooner rather than later. Kenny keeps proving his worth though so may be a while till we see Mattsson start.
At the beginning of the window the PinkUn, possibly the most in the know, said that the most likely values we would achieve for Sainz was around £10m and for Nunez £3-5m. So Knapper has achieved £10m over those estimates
The club has released its 24 man squad (one place left empty), including Duffy, Slimane and Adegboyega. Under 21 players do not require a place and those include: Ben Chrisene, Papa Amadou Diallo, Kellen Fisher, Oscar Schwartau, Lucien Mahovo, Gabriel Forsyth and Ruairi McConville as well as other U21 players like Myles and Mundle-Smith who have also featured for the first team. https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwic...-confirm-efl-championship-squad-2025-26-term/
Head of technical scouting and loan management, Robbie Thelwell, is leaving us to take up a post at Glasgow Rangers, where his father Kevin is Sporting Director.
Not so sure, Hairy. What @carrabuh will likely be losing sleep over is that Thelwell has walked away rather than been sacked .......
