2-1 to Bohemians in the end, Nelson Oliveira with the goal for PAOK. Not sure if away goals matter in this, but finely poised before the second leg. Tzolis subbed on around the 60th min, picked up a booking in the same minute Oliveira scored, so not sure what happened there.
Telegraph are reporting that Bournemouth are sticking to their £15m valuation of Billing, and Billing is apparently prepared to give the new manager time. Norwich moving on as a result.
Pinkun podcast on transfers: Williams not far advanced, not actively in final stages. Club are confident on Tzolis, things progressing well, expect completion in advance of the Liverpool game. Most likely next signing. Farke confident the business needed will be done by the time the window closes. In article form: https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/ncfc-podcast-latest-on-pursuit-of-paok-winger-8209596
And the EDP says similar on Tzolis: https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/ncfc-podcast-latest-on-pursuit-of-paok-winger-8209596
Damn you Oliveira, I never liked you! Great result by the Bohs even so. Ranked so much lower than PAOK. Sorry just needed to say it!
Well... Surely that would only be a loan for Idah? With his potential, it'd be mad to let him go permanently.
Grealish undergoing medical at man city per Dominic King from the Daily Mail via TransferMarkt. Sky and Telegraph with similar reports.
In the EDP now: https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/canaries-ncfc-adam-armstrong-bid-alan-nixon-8211834 Surely if we let Idah go we'll need another striker. Find this hard to believe.
As if on queue, Armstrong for £25m to Southampton is being touted, replacing Ings. That sounds much more likely than us shipping Idah out.
Idah looking every bit our second choice striker recently if we sell him 2 weeks before the season with rumours Hugill may leave too that would be crazy. Meanwhile we're in the market for more wingers . I'm calling bullshit
Yeah I don't see it either, especially when the Nixon article claimed Norwich value Idah at £5m. Given the way we've built him up over the last year or so, his age, Irish international....no way we'd sell him for that.
As much as I’d like Armstrong to come in, I don’t want us to let Idah go unless it was just a loan for the year. Sounds like an agent or the club trying to get Armstrong’s name back in the news and prompt some teams to come in for him.
I can't see the logic of letting Idah leave on a permanent. He is the unfinished article, could be very good in a couple of years. Not true, the article I mean.
Whoops, the 'update' has already happened: "Those reports are wide of the mark, with City understood to have explored a possible deal for the 28 goal striker earlier in the window. They subsequently dropped their interest in Armstrong as Blackburn hold firm on their £20m price tag for their star asset." https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/canaries-ncfc-adam-armstrong-bid-alan-nixon-8211834
The more I think about this the less likely it is. I think it’s a tactic to drive Armstrong’s price up or force a hand, it’s very convenient that it has been reported shortly after Ings was sold to Aston Villa. Southampton have long been linked with Armstrong since the start of the window when it seemed clear that Ings would be moving on.
These agents really are a pestilence in the world of football. If this planted 'news' had not been immediately refuted by the club, it could have had a very bad effect on Idah. Equally, I'm sure the agents of Cantwell and Buendia were doing their best last season to agitate the players in order to earn themselves a nice fat pay-off.
That may apply in some cases, but in the vast majority of cases agents, especially those who work within professional organisations such as Wasserman, are recognised as useful, not to say essential, intermediaries facilitating player transfers, especially in these days of complex contract negotiations. If you follow that link you'll see they are a far cry from the popular image of the football agent. Wasserman are agents for, among many others, Christos Tzolis, for example, including e.g. Philip Billing. If you search them out on Transfermarkt, there's a list of the players they represent.
